FINKELSTEIN, Harry - WX4637

Original items held by the Army Museum of Western Australia

Pte Harry (Hal) Finkelstein

Conflict	World War 2
Service Arm	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	2/7th Field Ambulance
Service No.	WX4637
Service Arm	Army
Date of Birth	5 May 1919
Birthplace	Perth, WA
Residence	Perth, WA
Date of Death
Relatives	Father - Harry Finkelstein Mother - Rosa Cass Wife - Joyce Violet Chidgzey

Hal Finkelstein was taken prisoner on 1st June 1941 while on the Island of Crete. He was held at Dulag 183, Stalag IXB, Stalag VIIIB and Stalag IXC. His POW number was 8172.

Hal was interviewed on 1st November, 1998 by Bob Huston for the Army Museum of WA. This is the transcript of that interview.

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As Hal was reviewing the transcript of his interview, he realised that he had so many more stories to tell. This is his story written in June 2000.

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These memoirs have been transcribed and can be read by clicking on the following link. FINKELSTEIN, Harry - Memoir

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