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Captain JOHN FINLAYSON

Service Number: 800182
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Military Forces

Date of Death

Died 26 November 1944

Age 48 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUREWA PUBLIC CEMETERY

Block H, Row 9, Grave 38.

New Zealand

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Farquhar and Jessie Finlayson, of Opotiki, Auckland; husband of Jessie Finlayson, of Epsom, Auckland City. Also served in 1914-18 War.
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Buried or commemorated at

PUREWA PUBLIC CEMETERY
Auckland City New Zealand
Number of casualties: 69
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