Roy Burgoyne MCNEILL

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Service Number:	15567
Enlisted:	4 November 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Auckland, New Zealand, 1896
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ellerslie Public School, Hemingway Commercial College, Auckland University School of Music
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Pneumonia, Germany, 13 September 1918
Cemetery:	Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Plot II, Row B, Grave 7, Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

4 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Driver, 15567, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Driver, 15567, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Roy Burgoyne McNEILL was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1896

His parents were Andrew & Annie Elizabeth McNEILL

Roy died of Pneumonia whilst a Prisoner of War on 13th September, 1918 & is buried in the Hamburg Cemetery in Germany

Inscription:

"His greatest gift, his sweet young life - nobly given"

"So dearly loved"