MCLOSKEY, Roy Tennyson
| Service Number: | 5879 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Elmore, Victoria, Australia, 22 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Castlemaine Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5879, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5879, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5879, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ROY TENNYSON McLOSKEY was born on 22nd November, 1892, at Elmore, Victoria. His parents were Mr. James Power McLoskey and Mrs. Harriet Emily McLoskey. He was educated at the Castlemaine Grammar School, and joined the staff of the Bank at Maldon, Victoria, on 4th January, 1910. In February, 1911, he was transferred to Inglewood (Victoria); in October following to Warracknabeal; in May, 1912, to Warragul, as ledger-keeper; in January, 1913, to Benalla; in April, 1914, to Flinders Street West, Melbourne; in September, 1915, 1912.
Roy McLoskey enlisted in July, 1916, No. 5879 of the 24th Battalion, A.I.F. He was not in action in France until the Battle of Bullecourt on 3rd May, 1917, when he received a shot in the head and was reported as missing. Later enquiries elicited the fact that while lying unconscious in No Man's Land a shell exploded near him and killed him instantly.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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