L/Corporal in 25th Reinf, file number 46126.

Sources

1. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohF.html / Ref 8.4.2021

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NAME: ALEXANDER MURDO FINLAYSON

SURNAME: Finlayson GIVEN NAMES: Alexander Murdo * SEX M

BIRTH: 11 NOV, 1890 ,Taranaki , New Zealand

DEATH: 10 SEPT, 1923 , New Zealand ...Age:(32)

• FATHER: Farquhar FINLAYSON - (1854 - 1926)... age: 72
• MOTHER: Jessie McLaren BROWN - (1816- 1916)... age:56

MARRIAGE: Arima Mary SILLS (1892 - 1973)

Married: 1911 New Zealand

CHILDREN

1... F ...Gytha Arima FINLAYONS b: 7 Nov, 1911 ,Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand

2...M... Murdoch Farquhar FINLAYSON B: 10 May, 1913 D: 13 OCT 1913 of gastroenteritis (5 months)

3...M...Alexander Henry FINLAYSON b: 1914 Died 1915 (age 13 months)

4... M ...Ian Alistair FINLAYSON b: 1915 - 1976

5... F... Jean Shirley FINLAYSON b: 27 Dec, 1919 Northland, New Zealand

6... M... Kenneth Malcolm FINLAYSON b: April 21, 1921 , Northland, New Zealand

7... M... Ross FINLAYSON b: 27 Sept 1922 , Nthlnd, NZ d:1944 in ITALY (causualty of WWII).Age (22)

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NOTES

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• Alexander was born 11 NOV 1890 in Taranaki, NZ to Farquhar Finlayson and Jessie Brown
• He was the eldest of 4 children born between 1890 - 1896 . His siblings were: Sarah, John & Mary
• Both their parents were Scottish immigrants
• He met and married Arima Mary Sill in 1911 She was aged 18. The Sills were a local farming family in Ruawai.
• The first of their children Gytha,was born in 1911, followed by 2 more boys who died young, Ian in 1915, then Jean (known as Shirley) in 1919, Ken in 1921,
• HIs occupation was a school teacher at Mititai, near Dargaville, Northland, NZ
• Residence: 1911,1914 - Kaipara, Northland New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981,Census & Voter Lists
• Name:Alexander Murdo Finlayson, Residence: 1919 - Ohinemuri, Waikato (military camp),New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981,Census & Voter Lists
• WORLD WAR 1 was from 1914-18. Alexander was drafted into the NZ Army
• 1917- NZ Expeditionary Force Embarkation Unit ,25th Reinforcements E Company; embarked from Wellington, NZ on 26 APR 1917 on the vessel Tofua bound for Plymouth, England
• Their voyage took 3 months: Date of Departure: 26 APR 1917 , Port of Calll: Cape of Good Hope ,Port of Arrival, Plymouth England on 19 JUL 1917 Ross in 1922. Ian's birth is unkown.
• last know rank was .... Lance Corporal Alexander Finlayson - E Company,17th Platoon
• 1919 Jean (known as Shirley) was born,
• 1921 Ken was born
• 1922 - Ross was born
• 1923 - Alexander died Aged only (32)
• He is listed on the NZ ROLL OF HONOUR as " Those who died after discharge from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF)from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service. Dates are from 01 SEPT 1921 (End of Commonwealth War Graves Commission) to 31 DEC 1923 (End of NZ Roll of Honour)
• he died of a heart complications. He had very bad lungs damaged from gases in World War I and on return, used to vomit green liquid ( a complication from the likes of mustard gas etc).
• He is buried in the Arapohue Cemetery, Kaipara District, Northland, New Zealand
• Arima went on to remarry in. 1926... to Walter Blackstock ( 3 years after Alexander died) and had 3 more children, Audrey, Vivienne, and Walter (Known as Bruce). Bruce was killed as a young man in a motorbike accident on a country road.

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E Company

17th Platoon

Full Name Lance Corporal Alexander Finlayson

Rank Last Held Lance Corporal

Forename(s) Alexander
Surname Finlayson

WarWorld War I, 1914-1918

Serial No.46126 First Known Rank Corporal

Occupation before Enlistment School teacher

Next of Kin Mrs A.M. Finlayson (wife), Mititai, via Helensville, New Zealand

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force Embarkation Unit 25th Reinforcements E Company

Embarkation Date 26 April 1917 Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand

Transport HMNZT 83 Vessel Tofua Destination Plymouth, England

Nominal Roll Number 62 Page on Nominal Roll 16

Date of Death10 September 1923 Year of Death 1923

Further ReferencesSearch http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.

Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918

Transport: HMNZT 83 Embarkation: Reinforcements

Date of Departure: 26 April 1917

Ports of Call: Cape of Good Hope

Date of Arrival: 19 July 1917

Port of Arrival: Plymouth, England

OC Troops: Captain F. Paterson

Units on Board: 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. [Roll No. 62]

vessel: Tofua

Owner: Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Ltd

Gross Tonnage: 4,395

Master: Todd

Magazine: The kia-ora

The Kiwi : being the official organ of A.D.E.F. and part of J. Companies (Right Wing, 25th N.Z. Reinforcements.)

Library: Auckland War Memorial Museum Library

Additional Info: Embarkation of 2 ships totalled 2127 men

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http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?OID=10245321

title years

FINLAYSON Alexander Murdo - Mititai - Farmer 1923 - 1923

agency series accession box / item record part alternative no.

BBAE 1569 Box549 16784

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Mititai, Northland, New Zealand
http://www.maplandia.com/new-zealand/northland/ruawai/

THOSE WHO DIED AFTER DISCHARGE FROM THE NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (NZEF)FROM WOUNDS INFLICTED OR DISEASE CONTRACTED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE

Dates are from 01 SEPTEMBER 1921 (End of Commonwealth War Graves Commission) to 31 DECEMBER 1923 (End of NZ Roll of Honour)and are taken from Section Two of the NZ Roll of Honour book.

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46126 L/Corporal FINLAYSON Alexander 25th Reinf 10Sep1923 SECTION 2

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/nzrefroh1923.html

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NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE

ROLL OF HONOUR

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1923Sep10 46126 L/Corporal FINLAYSON Alexander 25th Reinf Sec. 2 - - Not on CWGC (After cut-off)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/nzefrohF.html

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CHILDREN of FARQUHAR & JESSIE FINLAYSON https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2...

1890/953Finlayson Alexander Neville Jessie MariaFarquhar

1891/13474Finlayson Sarah Agnes JessieFarquhar

1895/5783Finlayson John JessieFarquhar

1896/8138Finlayson Mary JessieFarquhar

New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 Census & Voter Lists

View Image Name: Alexander Murdo Finlayson Residence: 1911 - Kaipara, Northland
New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 Census & Voter Lists

View Image Name: Alexander Murdo Finlayson Residence: 1914 - Kaipara, Northland
New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 Census & Voter Lists

View Image Name: Alexander Murdo Finlayson Residence: 1919 - Ohinemuri, Waikato
New Zealand Army WWI Nominal Rolls, 1914-1918 Military

View Image Name: Alexander Finlayson Other: Mrs A M Finlayson Residence: year - New Zealand

http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank...|1652397|5166|&sbo=1&uidh=000

Information about TOFUA - vessel that transported troops in WWI http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9841

New Zealand and the First World War

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/ww1-overview

TE PUKE PRIMARY SCHOOL ROLL --- 1883 - 1905

12Sep1898 Finlayson Alexander Farquhar Finlayson, Te Puke 11Nov188? Opotiki Te Puke No 2

12Sep1898 Finlayson Sarah Agnes Farquhar Finlayson, Te Puke 23Oct1891 Opotiki Te Puke No 2

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/tppsroll18831905.html

Name:
Alexander Finlayson

Death Date: 10 Sep 1923

Regimental Number: 46126

Roll Section: Section 2 - Died after discharge

ONLINE CENOTAPH for Alexander Murdo Finlayson http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search/?...

TOFUA http://www.flotilla-australia.com/hmnzt.htm#28

THE NZ DIVISION http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Division

Key dates

1916 •24 June: beginning of a week-long shelling of German positions

•1 July: British and French forces begin first offensive against German lines

•12 September: New Zealand artillery fires poison-gas shells for the first time

•15 September: second major offensive on German lines; first use of tanks, by the British

•15 September: New Zealand Division assists in capture of village of Flers

•25 and 27 September: New Zealand Division involved in attacks at Morval and Thiepval Ridge

•4 October: New Zealand infantry withdraw from front line

•25 October: New Zealand artillery withdraws

•18 November: British abandon offensive

1917

•24 February: Germans withdraw from the area