MCKAY, Robert Hugh
Service Number: | SX15805 |
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Enlisted: | 30 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Independent Company |
Born: | Wilcannia, New South Wales, 25 April 1909 |
Home Town: | Wilcannia, Central Darling, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Shearer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 12 January 1943, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial, Lae Memorial, Wilcannia War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
30 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, SX15805, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2 | |
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30 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
30 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX15805 | |
1 Mar 1942: | Involvement Private, SX15805, 2nd/7th Independent Company | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Father ____ and Mother Margaret Ann Maden.
Wife Alice Jane McKay, living at Woore Street, Wilcannia, New South Wales
Described on enlisting as 32 years 8 months old; married; brown hair; blue eyes;
Roman Catholic
30/12/1941 Enlisted at Wayville, South Australia
15/1/1942 taken on strength into 3TB from RRD
11/5/1942 detached to 2/4 Ord stks Company
1/6/1942 marched out from 3T Btn to 10th Battalion
8/6/1942 entrained from SA to NSW
18/7/1942 entrained from NSW to VIC
transferred to Independent Corps, VIC
20/7/1942 transferred to Australian Guer Warfare School
20/9/1942 posted to 7th Indendent Company
4/10/1942 Emplaned at Townsville and deplaned at Port Moresby
11/1/1943 died in action (33 years old)
as a Private in the Australian Infantry, 2/7 Independent Company
26/3/1943 AIF stated he was buried at: Observation Hill
North-South of Mubo
Later NO KNOWN GRAVE
His name is commemorated on Panel No.2 at the Lae Memorial, within the Lae War Cemetery,
Lae, New Guinea.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 29/3/2015. Lest we forget.