FINCH, William Henry
| Service Numbers: | 76, 76A |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1968, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-21. 65. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 76, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 76, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 76, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 76A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the 7th August 1968, the ashes were interred of Private William Henry Finch, referred to as Harry, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-76A), from Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, age 77. ANGLICAN 1-21. 65.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 10th July 1890 to Thomas and Elizabeth Finch of Lindsay Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Harry enlisted on the 12th January 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 9.11.1916 (trench feet), 23.11.1916 (trench feet), 22.4.1918 (trench feet), 17.11.1918 (influenza).
Invalided to England 26.4.1918 (trench fever).
Harry was invalided home on the 15th February 1919, being discharged medically unfit (influenza) on the 11th April 1919.
Mr. Finch’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
There is no headstone or Plaque to tell us of the service of this returned Digger from The Great War, so December 2015 I erected a cross at the gravesite in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
55 years ago today, on the 7th August 1968, the ashes were interred of Private William Henry Finch, referred to as Harry, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-76A), from Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, age 77. ANGLICAN 1-21. 65.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 10th July 1890 to Thomas and Elizabeth Finch of Lindsay Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., Harry enlisted on the 12th January 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 9.11.1916 (trench feet), 23.11.1916 (trench feet), 22.4.1918 (trench feet), 17.11.1918 (influenza).
Invalided to England 26.4.1918 (trench fever).
Harry was invalided home on the 15th February 1919, being discharged medically unfit (influenza) on the 11th April 1919.
Mr. Finch’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
There is no headstone or Plaque to tell us of the service of this returned Digger from The Great War, so December 2015 I erected a cross at the gravesite in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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