8041 Pte John Finlayson, 1st Cameron Highlanders

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Arrived overseas: 14 August 1914.

Connection: Postcard.

John Finlayson stands in the back row, fifth from left. He was born in Broadford, Inverness in 1889 and he enlisted with the Cameron Highlanders at Greenock, Renfrewshire - his place of residence - in 1907. He arrived in France on the 14th August 1914 and died of wounds a little over a month later on the 17th September 1914. He is buried in Villers-en-Prayeres communal cemetery in France.

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