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MACKAY, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2950 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Tain, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cue, Cue, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railways |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 24 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Grave VI. E. 25A. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2950, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2950, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of Donald and Catherine Mackay, of Courthill, Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland.
Tain (Gaelic: Baile Dhubhthaich) is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.
He is one of five Australian soldiers of the Great War who are commemorated on the Tain War Memorial.
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