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Henry White MACKINLAY

Regimental number135
Place of birthTemora, New South Wales
SchoolRingwood State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationOrchardist
AddressRingwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, William Mackinlay, Ringwood
Enlistment date4 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Was employed as a despatch runner for nearly all his time while on active service." Details from William Mackinlay, father, Box 7, Ringwood, Victoria
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death25
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 33), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
102
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth MACKINLAY. Native of Temora, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsTwo first cousins were killed about the same date as fallen soldier

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