Service No.
VX145938 (V205195)
Hebrew Date
כ״ה בֶּאֱלוּל תשל״ט
Where Died
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cemetery
MCK Cemetery, Springvale, Victoria, Australia
Service Details
1 Australian B/Casting Station Maintenance Section
Age at Enlistment
21 (on his birthday)
Place of Enlistment
Ripponlea, Victoria
Locality on Enlistment
Elwood, Victoria
Date of Enlistment
18/5/1943
Date of Discharge
4/1/1946
Country of Enlistment
Australia
Notes
Born 18/5/1922 Bialystoc, Poland and fled Europe for Australia due to the rise of Nazism. His son Peter Fink, served 4 years in the Australian Army before serving 19 years in the Australian Federal Police. Peter's son CAPT Joshua Fink, served with the Australian Army and had an operational tour of Afghanistan in 2013 where he was a mentor to Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security personnel.