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FINLAYSON, Kenneth
(Service number 47321)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	8 January 1888	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Ikawai
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Jessie FINLAYSON (mother), Redcliffs, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	28 October 1971	Age	83 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Kenneth Finlayson was the son of Roderick and Jessie Margaret (née Cameron) Finlayson. he was educated at Redcliffs School near Waimate.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 January 2018]; School Admission records (Waimate Branch NZSG) [26 January 2018]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records [Jan 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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