Roderick Buchanan MAY

MAY, Roderick Buchanan

Service Number: 99
Enlisted: 23 September 1915
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 4th Division Headquarters
Born: Bundaberg, Queensland, July 1893
Home Town: Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Old age?, Moore Street, Elliott Heads, Qld, 8 January 1974
Cemetery: Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

23 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 99, 3rd Division Cyclist Company
18 May 1916: Involvement Corporal, 99, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916: Embarked Corporal, 99, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
7 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
24 Feb 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Division Headquarters
8 Feb 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4th Division Headquarters
22 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 99, 4th Division Headquarters

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

Cpl Roderick Buchanan MAY, 

Regimental Number:   99
Unit Name:   3rd Divisional Cyclist Company

 

Religion:   Church of England

Occupation:   Grazier

Address:   Bundaberg, Qld

Age of Enlistment:   23 years and 2 months

Enlistment Date and Place:   23 September 1915, Narrabri, NSW

Next of Kin:   Father, Dr. Thomas Henry May, Bundaberg, Qld

Rank on Enlistment:   Corporal

Embarkation Details:   Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916

Rank from Nominal Roll:   Corporal

Unit from Nominal Roll:   4th Divisional Headquarters

Campaigns Served:   Egypt; France

War Service/Promotions:   By 31 July 1916 in Chisleden, Egypt. On 7 September 1916 marched out to 49th Battalion. On 8 January 1917 proceeeding overseas per SS Princess Henrietta to Folkstone, Kent, England. On 13 January 1917 marched in from 13th to Etaples, France, and then on the 20 January, Taken on Strength in the Field. On 8 February 1919, he was appointed Lance Sergeant. (A lance sergeant (LSgt or L/Sgt) in the armies of the Commonwealth is a corporal acting in the rank of sergeant.)

Fate:   Returned to Australia per HMAT A28 Militiades, 19June 1919. He married Olga Christensen, 24 January 1923, in the Anglican Church, Bundaberg, Qld.

Place of Death:   8 January 1974, Moore Street, Elliott Heads, Qld

Place of Burial:   Bundaberg General Cemetery, Bundaberg, Qld

Medals/Citation:   British War Medal; Victory Medal

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