Finch-Hatton Digger Memorial
| Location: | Eungella Road, Finch-Hatton |
| Local Government Authority: | Mackay Regional Council |
| Year Constructed: | 19 November 1921. |
| Type of Construction: | concrete and marble. |
| War: | 1914-1918; 1939-1945 |
| Names: | 1914-1918 (16) ; 1939-1945 (7); all names presumably of those who died. |
| History: | This memorial commemorates those fallen from the Finch-Hatton and Netherdale districts. One commemorates those who fell during the 1914-1918 war and the other for those who fell during the war of 1939-1945. |
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Finch-Hatton Digger Memorial
| Southern Aspect |
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| IN MEMORY OF |
| SOLDIERS OF FINCH - HATTON |
| NETHERDALE & DISTRICTS |
| WHO WERE KILLED IN |
| THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 |
| Name Recorded | Identified As | |
| W.G. AITCHESON | AITCHESON, William Gladstone, Private, 5977, 9th Battalion, enlisted 14 February 1916, Killed in Action, 8 October 1917, Third Battle of Ypres, Belgium. | |
| J. BALL | BALL, James, Sergeant, 597, 41st Battalion / 52nd Battalion, enlisted 3 January 1916, Died of Wounds 26 September 1917, Belgium. | |
| M.L. CROMPTON | CROMPTON, Major Lionel, Private, 3055, 41st Battalion/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 23 September 1916, Killed in Action, 24 December 1917, France. |  |
| J.C. CUMMINGS | (not positively identified) | |
| J.A. EARLY | (not positively identified) | |
| A. GARNER | (not positively identified) | |
| R. GILLESPIE | GILLESPIE, Robert, Private, 1326, 15th Battalion, enlisted 19 December 1914, Killed in Action 4 May 1915, Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, Turkey. | |
| T. HARVEY | HARVEY, Thomas James (AKA HURLEY, Thomas James), Private, 193, 41st Battalion, enlisted 6 December 1915, Killed in Action 24 December 1916, France. | |
| R.D. HUGHES | HUGHES, Richard Douglas, Private, 6028, 9th Battalion, enlisted 8 February 1916, Killed in Action, 20 September 1917, Belgium. |  |
| R.D. McLENNAN | McLENNAN, Roderick Dhu, Private, 2219, 47th Battalion, enlisted 15 March 1916, Killed in Action 31 March 1918, France. | |
| R. McNICOL | McNICHOL, Robert, Private, 4100, 31st Battalion / 15th Battalion, enlisted 3 July 1916, Died of Wounds 16 June 1918, France. |  |
| J. MUNRO | (not positively identified) | |
| G. SMITH | (not positively identified) | |
| REX SNEYD | SNEYD, Rex, Private, 5202, 9th Battalion / 49th Battalion, enlisted 11 January 1916, Killed in Action, 14 June 1918, Somme, France. | |
| C.F. WATERS | WATERS, George Young, Private, 4379, 31st Battalion / 15th Battalion, enlisted 7 October 1916, Killed in Action, 1 July 1917, Messines Ridge, Belgium. | |
| W.H. WEBBERLY | WEBBERLEY, William Harold, Private, 542, 25th Battalion, enlisted 30 January 1915, Killed in Action, 5 August 1916, Pozieres, France. |
| Western Aspect |
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| Name Recorded | Identified As | |
| HANSEN C.O. | HANSEN, Clarence Oswald, Corporal, QX2507, 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 18 October 1939, Killed in Action, 21 March 1941, Egypt. | |
| KENNEDY P. | KENNEDY, Patrick Desmond , Private, QX2512, 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 19 October 1939, Died of Injuries, 10 May 1941, Tobruk, Libya. | |
| McCALL C.J. | McCALL, Cyril, Warrant Officer, 434227 (RAAF), 463 Squadron, enlisted 6 November 1942, Missing believed Killed in Action (Flying Battle), 23 September 1944, Over Germany. | |
| OLIVER J. | OLIVER, James, Gunner, QX13185, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, enlisted 3 July 1940, died of Illness whilst P.O.W., 16 March 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| SUTTON E. | (not positively identified) | |
| WATTERS C.V. | WATERS, George Young, Private, QX18602, 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1941, Died of Wounds, 13 May 1943, Brisbane, Queensland. |  |
| WEBSTER E.C. | WEBSTER, Eugene Cromer, Private, QX2903, 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 5 April 1940, Killed in Action, 18 December 1942, Papua New Guinea. |  |
