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FINCH, Oliver Alfred
(Service number 60923)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	07/02/1889	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Heads Rd, Gonville, Wanganui
Occupation	Carpenter for Russell & Bignell
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs C. Finch (mother), 32 William Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	36th Reinforcements, B Company
Date	23 April 1918
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt; Southampton, Hampshire, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	18 October 1919	Reason	Discharged on the termination of his period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Charlotte and the late Alfred Finch.

Oliver was originally examined for service in Timaru in 1914, but found to be unfit for service.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (9 July 2015)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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