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MACKAY, Roderick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1687 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Grave II. A. 1. INSCRIPTION UNTIL THE DAY DAWN , Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, Ebblinghem, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1687, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1687, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 1687, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1687 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 39 and the son of Alexander Mackay, of Muir-of-Ord, Ross-shire, Scotland; husband of Margaret Mackay, of 8, West Adam St., Edinburgh, Scotland. He hailed from Ord village.
He is one of four Australian soldiers of the Great War remembered the Muir of Ord War Memorial. His rank here is shown as Corporal. Muir of Ord (Scottish Gaelic: Am Blàr Dubh) is a village in Highland, Scotland. It is situated near the western boundary of the Black Isle, about 9 miles west of the city of Inverness and 5 1⁄2 miles south of Dingwall.
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