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John Cooper HAY

Regimental number3193
Place of birthRockhampton, Queensland
SchoolLeichhardt Ward State School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDentist
AddressRockhampton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Hay, Albert St cor Murray Lane, Rockhampton, Queensland
Enlistment date10 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 23), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
148
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary HAY, 37 West Street, Rockhampton, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother, Pte Charles William HAY MM, No. 11330, 49th Battalion
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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