John Finnie

1885-1971

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21435

About

Born in Scotland

4 July 1885
Parent

Mother

J. Finnie
Residence

Hometown

Waiuta
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 85

2 June 1971

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 96/0040083, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 41.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Finnie (1885-1971)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/267