FINLAYSON, David John
| Service Number: | T29643 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 1 March 1903 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineering Foreman |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1987, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mersey Vale Memorial Park Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Apr 1942: | Enlisted T29643 | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), T29643 | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged T29643 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
David John Finlayson (Service No:T29643) served with the ACMF from 29 April 1942 to 19 September 1942.
Born in 1903 in Devonport Tasmania, David was the second of six children of David Clark Finlayson (b1868 in Angus, Scotland) and Mary Beattie (b1868 in Angus, Scotland). Both David Snr and Mary immigrated in 1884 with their parents and siblings, arriving in Hobart, Tasmania on board the Abington. David (an Engineer) and Mary married in 1900 in Devonport where they settled and raised their family. David Snr was a member of the family firm of Finlayson Bros & Coy - producing farming machinery, brass castings, steam driven vehicles, and running sawmills and building ships.
David worked as an Engineering Foreman, spending time working at Ararat in Victoria before marrying Ada Annie Wilson (b1901 in Strahan, Tasmania) in 1928 in Devonport. David and Ada then lived in Raymond Terrace, Newcastle NSW where David worked as an Engineer before returning to Devonport in the mid 1930s. Ada died in Sydney, NSW in 1969 and David was in Brisbane QLD when he died in 1987.
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