A biography of Heinrich Uustalu, an artillerist, is presented. He was born on July 23, 1915 in Tallinn, Estonia and studied at Tostamaa manor, which was used as a schoolhouse, at the age of seven. He then started to go with his father in fixing household utilities, tractors and threshing machines at the age of 13-14. He got married on September 6 when he was 27 years old and had a son.