MACKAY, Robert
Service Number: | 1698 |
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Enlisted: | 10 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Elgin, Sotland, United Kingdom, 1883 |
Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Stereotyper |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 October 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval Plot V11, Row H, Grave 14, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1698, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1698, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
5 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal | |
24 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
30 Oct 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 1698, 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1698 awm_unit: 15th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-10-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia 1911c.
son of Joseph Patterson Mackay and Christine McLeod Mackay of Caithnessshire, Scotland
Husband of Elizabeth Mackay of 111 Nicholson Street, Footscray; father of William Mackay
8 September 1915 - to hospital with a crushed toe
30 September 1915 - charged with using obscene langause and failing to obey an order. Fined 7 days full pay
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal