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Rev. Jack Adams Finlay

Born 23 Sep 1902 in Wandong, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Son of George Frederick (Fenley) Finlay and Jeanie Fulton (Adams) Finlay

Brother of Margaret Mary (Finlay) Fletcher

Husband of Gladys Lillian (Spencer) Finlay — married 25 Oct 1928 in Presbyterian Church, Dartmoor, Victoria, Australia

Husband of Bettine Evelyn (Courtis) Finlay — married 22 Oct 1960 in Brighton, Victoria, Australia

Father of Murdoch Spencer Finlay and Alexander Spencer Finlay

Died 2 Nov 1996 at age 94 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

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World War Two

Jack was born in 1902 to Frederick George Finlay and Jeannie Fulton Adams.^[1] After his marriage to Gladys, they had two sons, one of whom tragically was drowned when he slipped into a water hole.

Some years after his first wife died, Jack Finlay married again, to Miss Bettine Courtis and in about 1963 they had twin daughters Margaret and Jeannie.

As a lad, Jack had been keen to play cricket, and joined the West Preston Methodist Cricket Club. One of the rules was that you had to attend church, and there he met Joseph Orton who sometimes asked a group of lads to accompany him when he went preaching at places like Mernda. Jack was one of these lads who gradually was encouraged to take some part in leading worship services.

Jack Finlay became a Presbyterian Minister of Religion and he had numerous postings in both Victoria and Tasmania. In Tasmania, he was at Oatlands for several years. His Victorian placements included Tallangatta, Mooroopna, Dandenong, Sorrento and Lockington. ^[2] Jack passed away in 1996 at the age of 94 and was cremated at the Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne, Victoria.^[3] NB - My Grand Uncle Jack Adams was buried at Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The Springvale listing is for an ANZAC memorial. (Grand Niece / Great Niece J.E. Fletcher)

Jack served as an Army Chaplain in the Australian Army during WW2 with the 2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion.^[4]

Research Notes

MARRIAGE 1 MARRIAGE at bdm.vic.gov.au FINLAY, Jack Alfred Marriage: 11966/1928 SPENCER, Gladys Liln https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/646e334fa6a89825632b45b0/results?q=efamily

MARRIAGE 2 FINLAY, Jack Adams Marriage COURTIS, Bettine Evelyn 19977/1960 https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/646e334fa6a89825632b45b0/results?q=efamily

NAA.GOV.AU LIST REPORT https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=6669862&isAv=N This can be changed on the NAA website to Details Report. SERIES: B883 FINLAY JACK ADAMS : Service Number - VX133078 : Date of birth - 23 Sep 1902 : Place of birth - WANDONG VIC : Place of enlistment - PUCKAPUNYAL VIC Next of Kin - FINLAY GLADYS DATE RANGE: 1939 - 1948 DIGITIZED: YES ITEM ID: 6669862

Series details for: B883 Title: Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 Accumulation dates: 01 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1947 Contents dates: 01 Jan 1914 - Items in this series on RecordSearch: 485422

All items from this series are entered on RecordSearch. Agency/person recording 01 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1947CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters Agency/person controlling 14 Apr 1942 -CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office 30 Jul 1948 -CA 1999, Soldier Career Management Agency Quantity and location 1737.52 metres held in ACT 0.18 metres held in NSW 16.39 metres held in VIC System of arrangement/ control Single number with X prefix and further alphabetical prefix to indicate state or territory of enlistment Range of control symbols QX1 - NGX513 Predominant physical format PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS Series note Items medium note

Function and purpose Series B883 consists of service documents for people who served in th ......

(More) Previous series B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 Subsequent series B2458, Army Personnel Files, multiple number series Related series A13860, Medical Documents - Army (Department of Defence Medical Documents) 01 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1947B884, Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 01 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1943MT1327/1, Records of service maintained in Changi POW Camp for NSW enlistees serving in Malaya at the time of capitulation 1942 - 1945AWM394, Records of Lt Col Christopher Normoyle OBE, Royal Papuan Constabulary Visibility & availability indicator 73 . All items from the series are on RecordSearch 77 . e-commerce NYE items Date registered 02 Oct 1987 (added by grand / great niece Joanne Elizabeth Fletcher)

GENEALOGICAL DATABASES ANCESTRY FAMILYSEARCH Death of Alexander Spencer Finlay "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S1-K4RC : 17 March 2018), Jack Adams Finlay in entry for Alexander Spencer Finlay, 25 Jul 1934; citing Death, Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, The Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, Hobart; FHL microfilm 100,671,077.