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Enlisted:	10 May 1940, Port Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur)
Born:	Finland, 1 January 1890
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Died:	Drowned in sinking of HMAHS Centaur, At sea off Brisbane, Qld., 14 May 1943, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood

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10 May 1940:	Involvement
10 May 1940:	Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA
14 May 1943:	Discharged Merchant Navy, Able Seaman , 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur)

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