Thorold Fink (1896–1942)
Captain Thorold Fink, 45, of Domain-road, South Yarra, was fatally injured when the jeep car he was driving on Geelong-road near Werribee overturned on Saturday.
Captain Fink. who was a director of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., was the youngest son of the late Mr. Theodore Fink, former chairman of directors of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., who died in April last. He served with the A.I.F. in the last war, was twice wounded, and afterwards took an active part in the affairs of the Returned Soldiers' League. In the present war he was serving on the Fighting Vehicles Headquarters Staff. He was an old boy of Melbourne Grammar School and a graduate in law of Melbourne University.
During the last few years he took a leading part in the establishment of the newsprint industry at Boyer, Tasmania, in the interests of which he paid three visits to America.
He is survived by his wife. He had two brothers, Mr. Roland Fink and the late Mr. Gordon Fink, and two sisters, Mrs. R. D. Elliott and Mrs. W. M. Timmins.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Second Australian Imperial Force personnel dossier, item B883, VX111255 (National Archives of Australia)
- marries Jean Gilchrist, Prahran Telegraph, 26 February 1926, p 8
- funeral, Argus (Melbourne), 24 November 1942, p 5
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Fink, Theodore (father)
- Fink, Gordon (brother)
- Elliott, Robert Charles Dunlop (brother-in-law)
- Fink, Benjamin Josman (uncle)
- Fink, Esme Mary Sorrett (cousin)
Citation details
'Fink, Thorold (1896–1942)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fink-thorold-24312/text33059, accessed 29 March 2025.
Thorold Fink, Herald and Weekly Times, 1942
Life Summary [details]
Birth
Death
22 November,
1942
(aged 45)
near Werribee,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
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