FINNIS, Edward Franklin
| Service Number: | 6663 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne Victoria Australia , September 1898 |
| Home Town: | Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assayer |
| Died: | War related, Military Mental Asylum, Mont Park , Melbourne, 28 September 1932 |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Burwood Pioneers Cemetery, Victoria. |
| Memorials: | Beechworth Christ Church Honour Roll, Beechworth Shire WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6663, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6663, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6663, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 29 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6663, 6th Infantry Battalion |
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From How We Served
The final resting place of;- 6663 Private Edward Franklin Finnis of Beechworth, Victoria had been employed as an assayer when he enlisted for War Service on the 13th of November 1916 at Cloncurry, Queensland. Edward was allocated to reinforcements for the 25th Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for England and further training on the 7th of February 1917.
Having passed through his training phases Edward was sent to France on the 18th of October, and by the 24th of October he had joined his Unit in the trenches of Belgium during the Third Battle of Ypres. Whilst still in the field Edward was transferred to the 21st Battalion on the 20th of February 1918 and remained on duty until he was wounded in action on the 28th of August having received serious shrapnel wounds to his back and left arm.
Evacuated back to England, Edward and was admitted into hospital at Bath on the 31st of August and after a prolonged period as a patient he was sent to Hurdcott for convalescence before being deemed no longer fit for service. On the 8th of January 1919 Edward was embarked for his repatriation to Australia and following his arrival he received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 29th of March.
Edward’s personal health began to decline soon after his discharge and he was admitted into the Goodna Mental Asylum, Queensland before being transferred to Victoria for treatment at the Military Mental Asylum, Mont Park where he was cited as suffering from dementia due to War Service on his admission on the 7th of August 1923. Edward would remain at Mont Park and was on trial leave away from the asylum when his premature death occurred on the 28th of September 1932.
Following his death Edward was formally interred within the Burwood Pioneers Cemetery, Victoria.
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