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John Beattie FINGER

Regimental number3509
Place of birthCharters Towers Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressGladstone Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Francis Finger, Gladstone Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date22 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 30 June 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1819 Pte Frank Henry FINGER, 41st Bn, returned to Australia, 13 December 1918; 3739 Pte Norman Lionel FINGER, 15th Bn, returned to Australia, 27 August 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death1 December 1958
Place of burialLutwyche Cemetery

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