Regimental number | 674 |
Place of birth | South Yarra, Victoria |
School | The Grange, South Yarra, Camden, East St. Kilda, Victoria |
Other training | LLB, Melbourne University (Barrister and solicitor) |
Religion | Jewish |
Occupation | Solicitor |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Height | 5' 7.25" |
Weight | 131 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Theodore Fink, 352 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as a Gunner and Lieutenant in the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 31 |
Place of burial | No known gave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 53), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 79 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Theodore and Kate FINK, Lansell Road, Toorak, Victoria. Native of South Yarra. |
Family/military connections | Brother: 33148 Bombardier Thorold FINK, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 14 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Melbourne, 22 December 1914. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915. Reported missing in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915. Reported killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FINK Gordon |