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MCKAY, William Roy (William Robert)

Service Number:	1788
Enlisted:	2 January 1915, Rutherglen, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Christmastown, Victoria, January 1896
Home Town:	Rutherglen, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Rutherglen Higher Elementary School
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Rutherglen War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1788, Rutherglen, Victoria
20 Mar 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Mar 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
26 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) has incorrectly recorded middle name as Robert