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Finnis G E  Pte  3185

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Finnis G E    Pte  3185    George Elliott             6 Field Amb    18    Salesman    Single    C of E         

Address:    Ballarat South, Talbot St, 210    

Next of Kin:    Finnis, Gerard Robert, father, 210 Talbot St, Ballarat South    

Enlisted:    23 Mar 1915       

Embarked:     A31 Ajana 4 Jun 1915

Prior service:    58  Inf Regt

 

Date of death: 27/01/1916

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

 

Mentioned in this publication:

Presentation from the Essendon Citizen's Military Association in May at Broadmeadows Camp, May 1915.

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

St Thomas' Anglican Church*

St Thomas' Memorial Hall

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour DOI

 

George Finnis is buried in section D of the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, not very far from Pte John

Christian Herweg whom he would have known from St Thomas' Church and the 58th Infantry

Battalion cadet corps.  They both died of illness in 1915.

 

 

On Memoriam

 

FINNIS-In loving memory of our dear son and brother,
Private George E. Finnis, 6th Field   Amb., who died at
Heliopolis, Egypt, on the 27th   January, 1916.
Dearly loved, sadly missed.
-(Inserted by his loving mother, father, sisters, and

brothers.)

The Argus 27 January 1920

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1674865

 

FINNIS.-In loving memory, of our dear son and brother,
Private George Elliott Finnis, 6th F. Amb who died of
illness at Heliopolis, Egypt, 27th January, 1916. 
Beloved in life, honoured in death, treasured in
memory." 
-inserted by his loving parents, brothers, and
sisters.)

The Argus 27 January 1921

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1734206

 

No further years checked in The Argus.

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