James Morell McKenzie KAY

Badge Number: 1729, Sub Branch: Mt. Gambier, Wudinna, Central Eyre Peninsula, Kyancutta, Kensington Park, Port Lincoln
1729

KAY, James Morell McKenzie

Service Number: 313
Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, 26 March 1893
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Locomotive engine cleaner
Died: Natural causes, South Australia, 3 July 1950, aged 57 years
Cemetery: Mount Gambier Lake Terrace Cemetery
Memorials: Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 I.O.O.F. M.U. Roll of Honor Board, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 313, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 313, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 313, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
9 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 313, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
3 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 313, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Battle of Romani
27 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
15 Feb 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 313, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

Help us honour James Morell McKenzie Kay's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.