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KAY, Henry

Service Number:	Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	8 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 28 May 1887
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor mechanic
Died:	Killed In Action, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, 24 April 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Norwood War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 50th Infantry Battalion
13 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 50th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre
24 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Killed in Action :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-04-24

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Biography

Husband of Margaret Ann KAY nee TIERNEY

Mentioned in Despatches