Alexander Sutherland MACKAY

MACKAY, Alexander Sutherland

Service Number: 30137
Enlisted: 1 July 1916
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 3 June 1884
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Brisbane Grammar School
Occupation: Bank Manager
Died: Broncho Pneumonia (Lobar), Italy, 18 December 1918, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Turin Town Cemetery
Turin Town Cemetery, Turin, Italy
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 2, East Brisbane Bowling Club Roll of Honour, East Brisbane Mowbray Town Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Ipswich Salsbury Great War Honour Roll, Melbourne Bank of Australasia Roll of Honour WW1
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World War 1 Service

1 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30137, 9th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 30137, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 30137, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Benalla, Sydney
7 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
18 Dec 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 30137, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 30137 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-12-18

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Alexander Sutherland MacKAY was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 3rd June, 1884

His parents were Donald MacKAY & Mary Ann SUTHERLAND

He enlisted on 1st July, 1916 and embarked with the 9th Field Artillery Brigade, 6th Reinforcements on the ship Benalla from Sydney on 9th November, 1916 - he was transferred to the 8th Field Artillery Brigade (30th Battery) on 7th September, 1917

Alexander died on 18th December, 1918 in Italy of Bronco Pneumonia (Lobar) and is buried in the Turin Town Cemetery

Medals:  British War Medal & Victory Medal

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

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His older brother Douglas Donald MacKAY who did not serve in WW1 & was Secretary to the Police Commissionery died of Influenza & Pleurisy on 23rd June, 1919 in Queensland

Two of his younger brothers served in WW1

1. Ronald Stuart MacKAY (SN 6531) - returned to Australia on 5th April, 1919

2. Archie Graham MacKAY (SN 313) - Killed in Action on 9th May, 1915

 

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