Editing Peter Finch (section)

===Early childhood===
George gained custody of Peter, who was taken from his biological mother and raised by his adoptive paternal grandmother, Laura Finch (formerly Black), in [[Vaucresson]], France. In 1925 Laura took Peter with her to [[Adyar, Chennai|Adyar]], a theosophical community near [[Madras]], India, for a number of months, and the young boy lived for a time in a [[Buddhist]] monastery.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 February 1937 |title=Radio Actor Might Have Become Monk |page=36 |work=The Australian Women's Weekly |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52262928 |access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> Perhaps as a result of his childhood contact with Buddhism, Finch always claimed to be a Buddhist. He is reported to have said: "I think a man dying on a cross is a ghastly symbol for a religion. And I think a man sitting under a [[Bodhi Tree|bo tree]] and becoming enlightened is a beautiful one."<ref>Paul Croucher, ''Buddhism in Australia: 1848–1988'', New South Wales University Press, 1989, pp. 24–25</ref>

In 1926 he was sent to Australia to live with his great-uncle Edward Herbert Finch at [[Greenwich, New South Wales|Greenwich Point]] in Sydney. For three years he attended the local school, then [[North Sydney Technical High School|North Sydney Intermediate High School]], until 1929.<ref name=filmref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Finch – Actors and Actresses – Films as Actor:, Film as Director:, Publications |url=http://www.filmreference.com/Actors-and-Actresses-El-Ga/Finch-Peter.html |website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref> [[RAF]] pilot and author [[Paul Brickhill]] was a school friend.