Thomas Sharman Finlayson (1912 - 1943)

Born 1912 in Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 15 Oct 1943 at about age 31 in New Caledonia

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Biography

Thomas Finlayson is an Anzac who served in World War Two.

Thomas Sharman Finlayson is the son of Thomas M. and Lilian M. Finlayson;

He married Elizabeth Suzanne Stephenson of Takapuna, Auckland, in 1939

Lieutenant Thomas Sharman Finlayson NZ 492974 New Zealand Artillery, Third Division. N.Z.E.F.

He was accidentally killed on active service 15th October 1943; he was 31 years old

New Zealand Herald 29 October 1943 Page 4 ^[1]

DEATH IN PACIFIC - WELL-KNOWN ATHLETE

Advice has been received of the accidental death in the Pacific war zone of Lieutenant Thomas Sharman Finlayson, husband of Mrs. E. S. Finlayson, of 4 Saltburn Road, Milford.

Lieutenant Finlayson, who was 31, was educated at Bayfield school, Tauranga School and Mount Albert Grammar School. He was a qualified surveyor. He entered the office of Messrs. Harrison and Grierson as a cadet, subsequently joining the Public Works Department, and was on the surveying and engineering staff of the Waitemata County Council when he entered camp in January, 1942.

At the time of his death he was serving with the Third Division. N.Z.E.F., having left New Zealand toward the end of 1942.

Lieutenant Finlayson was a noted athlete, having won the 440 yds. secondary school championship and the 140 yds. and 880 yds. Auckland University championships, as well as performing with distinction at the Auckland provincial and New Zealand Universities championships, and playing football for Grammar Old Boys, Auckland University and North Shore Clubs. He was a keen yachtsman. :Lieutenant Finlayson, who was a son of Mr., and Mrs. T. SI. Finlayson, of Cheltenham, leaves a daughter.

A younger brother, SecondLieutenant F. A. Finlayson, is serving in the Middle East.

Burial - Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia : grave: 3. 40.

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24727, 29 October 1943, Page 4

• N.Z. Births - reg: 1912/25263 - Finlayson Thomas Sharman - parents : Lilian Martha Maud & Thomas Matthew
• N.Z. Marriages - reg: 1939/6719 - Elizabeth Suzanne Stephenson & Thomas Sharman Finlayson
• N.Z. Deaths reg: 1945/51792 - Finlayson Thomas Sharman age 31 years
• New Zealand War Graves Project - Thomas Sharman Finlayson

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Arthur Owen.
• AMTID 200104872540:1030:113089246.