Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women Australia Incorporated

Founding Member General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD

Finklestein

Surname
Finklestein
First names
Harry
Rank
Private
Service No.
540
Date of Death
5/8/1916
Hebrew Date
6 Av 5676
Hebrew Date
ו׳ בְּאָב תרע״ו
Age at Death
21
How Died
Killed in Action
Where Died
Pozières, Somme, France
Cemetery
Villers-Bretonneux, France
Service Details
20th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Served
Gallipoli, Western Front
Occupation
Orchardist
Age at Enlistment
20
Place of Enlistment
Liverpool, NSW
Locality on Enlistment
Religion
Jewish
Gender
Male
Date of Enlistment
19/3/1915
Date of Discharge
Country of Enlistment
Australia
Notes
Born c. 1895 Brody, Galicia, Austria (as stated by his brother, Joseph) or Blackpool, Lancaster, England (on attestment). Son of Lazarus & Esther FINKLESTEIN, 73 Teneriffe Street, Broughton, Manchester, England. "Although an enemy alien, he willingly volunteered to fight that justice and right must be fought for, was his ideal. He gave his life and left us his memory. Source: Joseph Finklestein, brother, 24 Cumberland Street, Broughton, Salford."
 
 
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