James Steel FINLAY

Born 1877 in Stawell, Victoria, Australia ^{[15] [30]}
Son of John FINLAY and Agnes SUTHERLAND ^[15]
Contractor in Three Springs, Western Australia 1913-1915 ^{[19] [50]}
Dressed as Pat O'Toole he attended the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Easter Monday 24 March 1913 ^{[9:4-Apr-1913]}
Mining Blacksmith in Sandstone, Western Australia in 1915 ^{[30: item 3900847]}
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 20 December 1915 at the Blackboy Hill military camp ^{[30: item 3900847]}
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 7½ inches tall, weighed 150 pounds and had blue eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion ^[30]
Gave his sister Miss Margaret FINLAY as his next of kin, her address being Stawell, Victoria, Australia ^[30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed on 7 January 1916 to the 4th Reinforcements of the Field Company Engineers ^[30]
Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916 ^[18]
Disembarked in Alexandria, Egypt on 14 April 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 7 June 1916 ^[30]
Sapper 6460 in the Australian Imperial Force's 13th Field Company Engineers in France during the First World War ^[30]
Invalided to England on 29 July 1918 and admitted to the Fulham Military Hospital, after his right leg was fractured in an accident ^[30]
Embarked from London, England on his return to Australia on the Orontes on 20 December 1918 ^[30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 21 March 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal ^[30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 ^{[9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]}
In 1923 was living in Bakers Hill, Western Australia ^[30]

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