Otto Harald Soderholm : Merchant Seaman

OTTO HAROLD SODERHOLM was born on 20 September 1891 in Abo Finland, his parents were Otto Albert Soderholm and Ida Emilia Engblom.

Otto was baptised on the 29 Sep 1891 in Kumlinge, Ahvenanmaa, Finland.
Otto arrived in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on the 1st June 1914 on the ship Gezina which arrived the day before after an tempestuous voyage from South America.
In 1916 he was living in Nirranda where he was naturalised and joined the Army and in 1917 went to war.
He married Nellie Doreen SHEPHERDSON on 24 June 1925 in Foster, Victoria. They had five children in 12 years. He died on 7 January 1953 in Alberton, Victoria, at the age of 61.