Johannes KOTKAMAA

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KOTKAMAA, Johannes

Service Number:	3167
Enlisted:	18 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Helsinki, Finland, 1885
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in action, Wytschaete, Belgium, 19 August 1917
Cemetery:	Derry House Cemetery No.2 Plot H, Row A, Grave No. 5.
Memorials:	Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3167, 47th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3167, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3167, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

From Finland, the Kotkamaas arrived in Queensland in 1900 on a ship and headed inland from Cooktown through the bush 'with a team of horses and a wagon, there being no roads whatsoever'.

The father got a job with the railways and as a consequence the family often had to survive in remote parts of Queensland.

Johannes Kotkamaa's sister gave his home as Nambour, Queensland, on his Roll of Honour form.

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