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FINLAY, William Lockhart

Service Number:	33629
Enlisted:	8 January 2017
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1895
Home Town:	Epping, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Engineering draughtsman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 November 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres (Plot VI, Row D, Grave 20), Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 33629, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 33629, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
1 Nov 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 33629, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 33629 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-11-01
8 Jan 2017:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33629

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