MCKAY, Frank William
| Service Number: | WX8866 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 20 August 1906 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | 20 April 1986, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX8866 | |
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| 30 Sep 1942: | Imprisoned Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, reported missing in action 27 Jul 1942; interned camp 106 Italy (Bari, Udin, Vercelli), then to Switzerland; returned to Australia (via UK) in Oct 1944 | |
| 15 Feb 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX8866 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Frank was the third of five children born to Frank and Frances. His only brother, Albert, also enlisted (Sgt, WX13867).
Frank's father died in 1920, aged only 46. His mother, Frances, did not remarry and died in 1950.
Frank jnr married in 1938 to Lucy HIRD. He enlisted in Oct 1940, embarking in Jul 1941 from Fremantle.
Frank was a POW for approximately two years. He was on board the Italian transport ship Nino Bixio when it was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Mediterranean on 17 August 1942. The Nino Bixio was transporting Allied POWs from Libya to Italy. He was one of the 122 Australian POWs to survive the incident.
Frank returned to Australia in Nov 1944. He died at age 79.