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William Albert FINCH

Regimental number448
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCondobolin, Western Line, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Finch, Condobolin, Western Line, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 November 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of death incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 2 December 1915.
Place of death or woundingWalker's Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 7), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Alfred and T. Elizabeth FINCH, The Post Office, Condobolin, New South Wales. Native of Holbrook, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Killed in action (explosion of Turkish counter-mine), 18 November 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as FINCK.

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