Adolf Sven Adolfsson

Born 1892       Place Borga (Porvoo), Finland     Ethnic origin Finn     Religion Lutheran

Father Adolfsson, Gustave

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment Melbourne

Occupation sailor

Service

service number 5291    enlisted 11.02.1916    POE Melbourne

unit 24th Battalion           rank Lance Corporal

place Western Front, 1916-1918

awards MM (LG 14.01.18) and bar to MM (LG 11.02.19)

discharged 7.04.1919 in England to return to Borgo, Finland

Naturalisation served as Russian subjectw

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

digitised recommendation for award 1     2   (AWM)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Finnish former sailor, L/Cpl Adolf Adolfsson, had received the Military Medal for his gallantry at Daisy Wood (October 1917), as a machine-gunner; here [near Péronne], he was awarded a bar to his Military Medal, this time stretcher-bearing. ‘For 25 hours … [Adolfsson] worked without a rest over ground continually swept by shell and M.G. fire, dressing and carrying the wounded, and refused to rest until all his Coy. casualties have been disposed of. His initiative and knowledge of German proved invaluable in this action, for he organised squads of prisoners and helped them at work for hours Stretcher Bearing.’

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