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FINCH, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3749 |
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| 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, 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 | |
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| 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, Evacuated to 4th Field Ambulance Rheumatism post operations Pozieres / Somme | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 14th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, 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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