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William Seymour FINLAY

Date of birth12 April 1880
Place of birthAlbert Park, Victoria
SchoolAlbert Park Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationAccountant
Address9 Cambridge Street, Auburn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinBrother, E.A. finlay, 9 Cambridge Street, Auburn, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name24th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 November 1915
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 10), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Seymour Finlay and Margaret FINLAY
Family/military connectionsBrother: Captain George Lush FINLAY MC, 5th Bn, died of disease, 9 February 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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