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Jun 10, 1894
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Born in Finland
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Oct 4, 1915
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Shown on the payroll of the 64th
Battalion CEF in Sussex, New Brunswick with the service number 470873. He is later shown as being transferred to
the 55th Battalion CEF
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Oct 7, 1915
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Attested into the 55th
Battalion CEF in Sussex, New Brunswick
Ø Number 445778
Ø No next of kin was
given
o Later noted as John
Rinne, Bathurst, New Brunswick
Ø Previous occupation
given as Labourer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as
Lutheran
Ø Assigned to “D”
Company
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Oct 30, 1915
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Embarked the SS Corsican in
Montreal, Quebec
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Nov 9, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and proceeded to Shorncliffe to continue training
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Dec 18, 1915
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Admitted to the Connaught War
Hospital in Aldershot with a diagnosis that reads Gonorrhea
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Dec 27, 1915
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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Feb 9, 1916
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Admitted to the Shorncliffe
Military Hospital with a diagnosis that reads VDG (Venereal Disease
Gonorrhea)
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Feb 14, 1916
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Transferred to the Barnwell
Military Hospital in Cambridge
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Mar 2, 1916
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Discharged to duty from
hospital
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Apr 23, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st
Battalion
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Apr 24, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian
Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France as part of a draft of 853
reinforcements from England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st
Battalion
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May 15, 1916
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After leaving the base depot,
Private Rinne joined the 21st Battalion in the T & R Trenches
near Voormezeele, Belgium
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Jun 13, 1916
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While in the 33 – 38 Trenches
in the Ypres Salient, Private Rinne was wounded when a High Explosive shell
fragment entered the right side of his head.
While unconscious he was first evacuated to a field ambulance for
first aid before being transported to a casualty clearing station. The medical report indicates that he was
wearing his helmet at the time.
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Jun 14, 1916
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While still unconscious he was
transferred to the No. 13 Canadian General Hospital in Boulogne, France
Surgery performed to clean the
wound and remove bone fragments from his brain, but the shell fragment was
not removed
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Jun 27, 1916
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Invalided to England aboard
the Hospital Ship Jan Breydell
On arrival in England he was
admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford St., London. On admission his faculties were noted as
being dull and he was uncommunicative.
Posted to the CCAC (Canadian
Casualty Assembly Centre) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Aug 23, 1916
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Surgery performed to remove
the shell fragment from his brain.
Placed on the seriously ill
list
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From the
medical report from his surgery
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Aug 25, 1916
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Private Pauli Rinne died of
his wounds at 4 am and was buried in the nearby Nunhead Cemetery, London,
grave number 32457. In 1920 his
remains were exhumed and reburied in grave number 33729 in the same cemetery.
Following the war, the British
War Medal, Victory Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial
Cross were sent to his mother, Mrs. Amalia Akerman, Vorfstorget No. 6A, Abo,
Finland
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