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FINCH, Albert

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Service Number:	3749
Enlisted:	10 July 1915, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 12th Reinforcement’s 8th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 4th November 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cox’s Garden Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Williamstown State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	War related injuries Gassed severe , Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 18 December 1932
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia

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10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 12th Reinforcement’s 8th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 4th November 1915
16 Jul 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Depot Battalion, Transferred to C Company 9th Depot Battalion Ascot Vale for duty
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3749, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3749, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Adelaide
4 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 14th Battalion from 2nd Training Battalion Zeitoun on march in from Australia
15 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Evacuated to 4th Field Ambulance Rheumatism post operations Pozieres / Somme
12 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 14th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Wounded Gas shell severe , Gas poisoning. Evacuated to 83rd General Hospital France for treatment and convalescence
18 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 14th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Gun Shot Wound Left arm evacuated to 9th General Hospital Rouen France for treatment and convalescence
18 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3749, 14th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit GSW Arm & Gas poisoning Depart UK 5th April 1919

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• AIF Project 3749 Finch
• Death Notice Argus 1932 Finch Albert
• Embarkation Roll Private 3749 Finch
• Grave Details 3749 Finch
• NAA Record of Service Private Finch 3749
• Nominal Roll 3749 Finch

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