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About Ross Finlayson
NAME: ROSS FINLAYSON
SURNAME: Finlayson....GIVEN NAMES: Ross ....Sex: M
BIRTH: 27 SEPT 1922
DEATH: 25 SEPT 1944, Province of Ravenna, Italy... Age:(21)
- FATHER: Alexander Murdo FILAYSON
- MOTHER:Arima Mary SILLS
MARRIAGE: not married
CHILDREN: none
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- Ross was killed in World War II
- Ross is buried in the RAVENNA War Cemetery , Italy
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IGI RECORDS from The Church of the Latterday Saints - familysearch.org
Ross was killed in World War II
Casualty Details
Name: FINLAYSON, ROSS
Initials: R
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Infantry
Unit Text: 24th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 24/09/1944
Service No: 443783
Additional information: Son of Alexander Murdo Finlayson and Arima Mary Finlayson, of Dargaville, Auckland, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. B. 14.
Cemetery: RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Cemetery Details
Cemetery: RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Country: Italy
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime. Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via the main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information: The War Cemetery lies on a communal road 1 kilometre south of the SS16 from Ravenna to Ferrara near the village of Piangipane in the Commune and Province of Ravenna. The turning from the main road is at the 143 kilometres stone, 12 kilometres west of Ravenna. The turning is marked with a CWGC sign pointing in the direction of the cemetery, and a road sign marked 'Piangipane 4 kilometres'. Continue along the minor road until a further CWGC sign is seen. The entrance to the cemetery is located on the left hand side of the road.
Historical Information: On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side. Following the fall of Rome to the Allies in June 1944, the German retreat became ordered and successive stands were made on a series of defensive lines. In the northern Appenine mountains the last of these, the Gothic Line, was breached by the Allies during the Autumn campaign and the front inched forward as far as Ravenna in the Adratic sector, but with divisions transferred to support the new offensive in France, and the Germans dug in to a number of key defensive positions, the advance stalled as winter set in. Ravenna was taken by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of December 1944, and the burials in the cemetery there reflect the fighting for the Senio line and the period of relative quiet during the first three months of 1945. Many of the men buried there were Canadians; one of the last tasks of the Canadian Corps before being moved to north-west Europe was the clearing of the area between Ravenna and the Comacchio lagoon. Others are Indians from the 10th Indian Division, and New Zealanders. The site for the cemetery was selected by the Army in 1945 for burials from the surrounding battlefields. Ravenna War Cemetery contains 955 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 63 of them unidentified. There are also 33 First World War burials, 30 of them brought in from Gradisca Communal Cemetery in 1973, the others from communal cemeteries at Arzigano, Fano and Monterosso al Mare. Among those buried in the cemetery are 33 men of the Jewish Infantry Brigade Group which was formed in September 1944, chiefly by volunteers from Palestine; the burials at Ravenna form the largest concentration of casualties from the Brigade.
No. of Identified Casualties: 927
Full Name Private Ross Finlayson
Rank Last Held Private
Forename(s) Ross
Surname Finlayson
WarWorld War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.443783
Gender Male
Last Unit Served 24 Infantry Battalion
Place of Death Italy
Date of Death 1944
Age at Death 22
Year of Death 1944
Cause of Death Killed in action
Cemetery Name Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy
Grave Reference V. B. 14.
Memorial Name Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories
Biographical Notes Son of Alexander Murdo Finlayson and Arima Mary Finlayson, of Dargaville, Auckland, New Zealand.
Description of Image Portrait, Auckland Weekly News
Additional Information Next of kin listed in the Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 as Mrs A.M. Blackstock, Whangarei
Sources Used Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C...
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Ross Finlayson's Timeline
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September 27, 1922
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Mititai, Kaipara District, Northland, New Zealand
Ross Finlayson L27V-16X BIRTH1923 Dargaville, NZ
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Name Ross Finlayson
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| 1944 |
September 24, 1944
Age 21
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Viserba, Provincia di Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Casualty Details
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September 24, 1944
Age 21
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RAVENNA War Cemetery, Italy
FINLAYSON, ROSS (443783) Rank: Private
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1944
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