Francis Joseph MACKEY

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Service Number:	3147
Enlisted:	30 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jericho, Tasmania, Australia , October 1880
Home Town:	Huonville, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Killed in action - hit by shell, Belgium, 5 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Richmond War Memorial

30 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3147, 40th Infantry Battalion
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3147, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3147, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide

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