Emil Dahlstrom

Alias Emil Dahlstram (service WWI), Emil William (Wilhelm) Dahlstrom

Born 19.07.1894   Place Finnby, Ekenas, Finland   Ethnic origin Finn/Swede   Religion Church of England

Father Dahlstrom Gustav Johan      Mother Erica Wilhelmina

Arrived at Australia

            from Buenos Aires    on 15.12.1914     per Juna     disembarked at Sydney

Residence before enlistment Brisbane

Occupation 1915 sailor, 1922 carpenter, 1936, 1945 PMG linesman

Service

service number 1668   enlisted 21.05.1915   POE Brisbane

unit 26th Battalion, 7th MG Company, 2nd MG Battalion   rank Private

place Gallipoli, 1915, Western Front, 1916-1919       casualties WIA 1917

awards MM (LG 17/06/1919)

final fate RTA 8.04.1919       discharged 19.07.1919

Naturalisation 1936

Residence after the war Brisbane, Bomaderry via Nowra

Wife Winifred Ada Dahlstrom (née Jones)

WWII served 1942-1945, 13 Battalion VDF Corps

Materials digitised naturalisation 1  2  (NAA) (Dahlstrom)

digitised service records (NAA) (Dahlstram)

digitised recommendation for award (AWM) (Dahlstrom)

WWII service records (NAA) (Dahlstrom)

purchase of property Bomaderry NSW (NAA) (Dahlstrom)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Emil Dahlstram, a Finnish former sailor, became a hero in the battle for the town [of Péronne] although he had not always been an exemplary soldier. Enlisting at 20 years of age, he served through Gallipoli and most of the Western Front battles, running up a number of offences along the way — being absent without leave several times and disobeying orders. In this advance he acted ‘as a section runner’, his duty being to maintain communication between the advancing troops and Infantry Battalion Headquarters at the rear, which meant frequently having to pass through very heavy artillery and machine-gun (M.G.) fire. At one stage some wounded men were left stranded in front of the line, owing to a temporary withdrawal east of Mont St Quentin, where the men were. ‘On learning this, and not being able to obtain stretcher bearers, Pte. Darlstrom [sic] went forward into no man’s land and carried in a wounded man; this action he repeated no less than six times, thus bringing seven wounded men to cover under heavy M.G. and rifle fire.’ Dahlstram was awarded the Military Medal.

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