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Frank Charles FINCH

Regimental number1766
Place of birthSingleton, New South Wales
ReligionBaptist
OccupationRailway employee
AddressOrange East, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 6.5"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Henry Finch, Bathurst Road, Orange, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Senior Cadets; 1.5 years in the 42nd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Place of enlistmentBathurst, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name45th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/62/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 14 April 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1766A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 27 July 1917
Discharge date27 October 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to 45th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 May 1916.

Embarked Al;exandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916.

Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 19 November 1916 (diarrhoea); transferred to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 21 November 1916; discharged to 4th Australian Base Depot, Etaples, 28 November 1916.

Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 7 December 1916 (influenza); discharged to 4th Australian Base Depot, Etaples, 27 December 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 28 January 1917.

Admitted to 1st Anzac Corps Mumps Station (1st Australian Field Ambulance), 12 March 1917; transferred same day to 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 12 March 1917 (trench feet); to Ambulance Train No 29, 23 March 1917, and admitted to 6th General Hospital, Rouen; transferred to England, 30 March 1917, and admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 31 March 1917; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 27 April 1917 ; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 21 June 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Demosthenes', 27 July 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 24 September 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 27 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death20 April 1919
Age at death22
Place of burialOrange Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, FINCH Frank Charles

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