Tom Douglas MCKAY

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Service Number:	298
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Roseberg, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Graham Street State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Typewriter Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row E, Grave 28 Headstone inscription reads: Sunshine passes shadows fall, love and remembrance outlast us all, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 298, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 298, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 298, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Son of Thomas Fraser McKay and Elizabeth McKay nee Douglas of 36 Clarke Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Brother of Mrs V. Munn of Apsely, Victoria

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

Also served in the school cadets and junior cadets from 1908-1913 ater which he served with the Citizen Military Forces until he enlisted

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