Robert Duncan MACKAY

Regimental number2281
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Address'Westbury', Fern Street, Thompson Estate, Woolloongabba, South Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMrs F Guttomsen, 'Westbury', Fern Street, Thompson Estate, Woolloongabba, South Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date5 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 21 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBecourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row W, Grave No. 2), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Alexander MACKAY and Elizabeth STEWART (his wife). Native of Queensland