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Robert John Stanley FINLAYSON

Place of birthWalhalla, Victoria
SchoolWalhalla State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMining engineer
AddressAshburton, 67 Webster Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Volta Electra Finlayson, Ashburton, 67 Webster Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date1 April 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameSeptember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 29 September 1916
FateDied as a result of accident 25 June 1917
Place of death or woundingDranoutre
Age at death27
Place of burialDranoutre Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 7), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Charlotte E. FINLAYSON; husband of Volta E. FINLAYSON, 67 Webster Street, Bendigo, Victoria. Native of Walhalla, Victoria

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