Robert MACKAY

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Service Number:	1698
Enlisted:	10 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Elgin, Sotland, United Kingdom, 1883
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stereotyper
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 30 October 1916
Cemetery:	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval Plot V11, Row H, Grave 14, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1698, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1698, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
5 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal
24 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
30 Oct 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 1698, 15th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1698 awm_unit: 15th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-10-30

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Arrived in Australia 1911c.

son of Joseph Patterson Mackay and Christine McLeod Mackay of Caithnessshire, Scotland

Husband of Elizabeth Mackay of 111 Nicholson Street, Footscray; father of William Mackay

8 September 1915 - to hospital with a crushed toe

30 September 1915 - charged with using obscene langause and failing to obey an order. Fined 7 days full pay

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal