FINCH C.A.
Given Names: Colin Augustus
Service Number: 5911
Unit: 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 9th reinforcements
Rank: Sapper
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Age: 18 Yrs 9 Mths
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 9 In
Weight: 132 Lbs
Chest: 31-34 In
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Fair
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 17/8/1915
Place: Claremont, Tasmania
Next of Kin: FATHER Frederick Finch
Koromiko, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Embarkation Date: 28/1/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Thermistocles A32
END OF WAR
Status: Killed in action
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Unit: 2nd Divisional Signal Company
Rank: Sapper
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 31018
Victory Medal: 58685
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BIRTH
Date or Year: 26/11/1896
Place: Ulverstone, Tasmania
Father: Frederick Augustus FINCH
Mother: Louisa Elizabeth ISRAEL
MARRIAGE
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DEATH
Date or Year: 20/9/1917
Place: Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Burial: No known grave,
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Killed instantly by concussion of exploding shell during an advance at Ypres
MEMORIALS
Auburn State School
Trinity Grammar
Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 331103
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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COMMENTS
Whilst at school lived with his uncle (John William Israel) at Sackville Street, Kew.
Uncle became the first Auditor General of Australia
FURTHER INFORMATION
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