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MCNAIR, Samuel Hay

Service Number:	651
Enlisted:	13 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Springdale, Temora Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 38, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 651, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 651, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 651, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel and Martha McNair of Wollongong, NSW

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