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Military service
Service number:
192494
Age:
38
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
February 14, 1880
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
August 31, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. A. 8.
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Martha Finnie; husband of Agnes Finnie.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Press Clipping
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Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lance Sergeant Finnie enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Lance Sergeant Finnie enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Flash
Shoulder Patch 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Lance Sergeant Finnie enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Colin Finnie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 407 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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