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FINCH, Cyril Ralph

Service Number:	2023
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Trinity Hill State School Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 19 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2023, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2023, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2023, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2023, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2023, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2023, 12th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of William and Charlotte FINCH