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Roderick MACKAY

Regimental number1687
Place of birthRoss Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter and joiner
AddressPrahran, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret Mackay, 4 Bella Street, Prahran, Victoria
Enlistment date21 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Alexander MACKAY, Muir-of-Ord, ross-shire, Scotland; husband of Margaret Mackay, 8 West Adam Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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