Malcolm Innes Finlayson

Forenames

Malcolm Innes AWMM

Surname

Finlayson AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2433 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1 Jul 1884 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Maungaturoto, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Margaret Finlayson (mother), Maungaturoto, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2433 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

• Malcolm Finlayson was the son of Alexander and Margaret Finlayson of 15A Norana Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.
  
  Attended Auckland Grammar School.
  
  Next of Kin: Mrs M. Finlayson, Maungaturoto, N. A. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• He had three brothers that also enlisted with the NZEF – Murdoch (13/184), Roderick John (13/2436) and Neil Kenneth (13/2434).
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - Waipu Museum

Death

15 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

• Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1916. AWMM
• PRIVATE M. I. FINLAYSON, Private Malcolm Innes Finlayson, who was killed in action on September 15, was the second son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Alex. Finlayson, of Maungaturoto, Private Finlayson was educated at the Maungaturoto School, Auckland Grammar School, and Auckland University College. He was for some time in a solicitor office, and then entered the employment of the National Bank of New Zealand. Private Finlayson went to the front accompanied by two brothers. A third brother served on Gallipoli, and has since returned to New Zealand, having lost his right eye. (NZ Herald, 14 OCT 1916)
  FINLAYSON - On September 15, killed in action in France, Malcolm Innes, the dearly-beloved second eldest son of Mrs and the late Mr. Alex. Finlayson, of Maungaturoto; aged 32 years. (NZ Herald, 11 OCT 1916)
  IN MEMORIAM, FINLAYSON - fond and loving memory of Malcolm Innes, the beloved second eldest son of Mrs and the late Mr. Alexander Finlayson, of Maungaturoto, who was killed in action at the battle of the Somme on September 15, 1916. - lnserted by his loving mother, sisters and brothers. (NZ Herald, SEP 1917)
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 26 November 2018 - Papers Past Online

Memorial name

• Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Maungaturoto Congregational Church Cemetery, Gorge Road, Maungaturoro, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21002859
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1463176/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1463176
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 230
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Obituary:1916, Third term. p.20
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait; Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.