Albert FINCH

FINCH, Albert

Service Number: 3749
Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 12th Reinforcement’s 8th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 4th November 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cox’s Garden Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Williamstown State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: War related injuries Gassed severe , Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 18 December 1932
Cemetery: Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia

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World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 12th Reinforcement’s 8th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 4th November 1915
16 Jul 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Depot Battalion, Transferred to C Company 9th Depot Battalion Ascot Vale for duty
23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3749, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3749, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Adelaide
4 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 14th Battalion from 2nd Training Battalion Zeitoun on march in from Australia
15 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Evacuated to 4th Field Ambulance Rheumatism post operations Pozieres / Somme
12 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 14th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Wounded Gas shell severe , Gas poisoning. Evacuated to 83rd General Hospital France for treatment and convalescence
18 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 14th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Gun Shot Wound Left arm evacuated to 9th General Hospital Rouen France for treatment and convalescence
18 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 14th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW Arm & Gas poisoning Depart UK 5th April 1919

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