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FINLAYSON, Robert John Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, 22 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Walhalla State School, Victoria, Bendigo School of Mines, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mining engineer |
| Died: | Motor cycle accident, Belgium, 25 June 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Mining Corps, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, France | |
| 16 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Belgium | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Battle of Messines | |
| 25 Jun 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-06-25 |
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Died as a result of motor cycle accident (collision between motor cycle and lorry) on 25 June 1917 at Dranoutre, Belgium.
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