FINLAYSON, Donald
(Service number 12/3637)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 9 January 1878 | Place of Birth | Christchurch, N Z |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Engine driver | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J. FINLAYSON (mother), Tinwald, Ashburton | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 September 1925 | Age | 47 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Raetihi Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Donald Finlayson was the son of Alexander Finlayson. He was educated at Orari Bridge and Woodbury schools among others. His brother Robert also served in World War I, and brother Kenneth Cross Finlayson was killed in action in 1916 in France.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 January 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [30 December 2017]; Raetihi Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records [Jan 2018]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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