Editing Peter Finch (section)

==War service==
Finch enlisted in the [[Australian Army]] on 2 June 1941.<ref name="ww2roll.gov.au2">{{cite web |title=World War II Nominal Roll |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=144578}}</ref> He served in the Middle East and was an anti-aircraft gunner during the [[Bombing of Darwin]].

During his war service Finch was given leave to act in radio, theatre and film. He appeared in a number of propaganda shorts, including ''[[Another Threshold]]'' (1942), ''[[These Stars Are Mine]]'' (1943), ''[[While There is Still Time]]'' (1943) and ''[[South West Pacific (film)|South West Pacific]]'' (1943), the latter for Ken G. Hall. He also appeared in two of the few Australian feature films made during the war, ''[[The Rats of Tobruk (film)|The Rats of Tobruk]]'' (1944) and the less distinguished ''[[Red Sky at Morning (1944 film)|Red Sky at Morning]]'' (1944).

Finch produced and performed Army Concert Party work, and in 1945 toured bases and hospitals with two [[Terence Rattigan]] plays he directed, ''[[French Without Tears]]'' and ''[[While the Sun Shines]]''. He narrated the widely seen documentaries ''[[Whose War Is It? (film)|Whose War Is It?]]'' (1943), ''[[Jungle Patrol (1944 film)|Jungle Patrol]]'' (1944) and ''[[Sons of the Anzacs]]'' (1945).

Finch was discharged from the army on 31 October 1945 at the rank of [[sergeant]].<ref name="ww2roll.gov.au2" />