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Tom Douglas McKAY

Regimental number298
Place of birthRoseberg, Victoria
SchoolGraham Street State School Port Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTypewriter mechanic
Address36 Clark Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mckay, 36 Clark Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death1 May 1915
Age at death20.1
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 28), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth MCKAY, 36 Clarke Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Rosebery, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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