BiographyHarry Finklestein was working in Galston when he enlisted on 19 March 1915.
His Roll of Honour documentation states that "He willingly volunteered to fight. That justice and right must be fought for was his ideal. He left us his memory."
His brother stated "Although an enemy alien he volunteered to fight that justice and right must be fought for was his ideal. He gave his life and left us his memory."
The War Memorial lists his parents as living in England but his army papers say that he was born within the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was at war with Australia. The papers also state he was a naturalised British subject.Age21Date of Death5 August 1916Civil employmentOrchardistRelationshipsSon of Lazarus and Rebecca Finklestein, Manchester, England
