Harold John FINLAYSON

Regimental number27869
Date of birth9 November 1895
Place of birthNapier
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 4"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Finlayson, 243 Tinakori Road, Wellington
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for enlistment on account of bad teeth)
Enlistment date27 June 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 16 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row G, Grave No 1), nr Ieper,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: William and Mary Finlayson, 243 Tinakori Road, Wellington. Native of Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 December 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 11 February 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 3 June 1917.

Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wound, neck),and admitted to 77th Field Ambulance; transferred to 11th Casualty Clearing Station; to 55th General Hospital, Boulogne, 8 June 1917; to No 7 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 14 June 1917; discharged to No 3 Rest Camp, 21 June 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 25 July 1917.

Reported missing in action, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 11 November 1917, concluded: 'Missing, believed killed.'

Buried Bellevue, Belgium: report of Rev. P. PRINGLE, attached to 43rd Canadian Bn, 21 November 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 27
Archives New Zealand (Welington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21002817