William Roy Andrew (Roy) MCVEY

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MCVEY, William Roy Andrew

Service Numbers:	880, N172307
Enlisted:	4 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW)
Born:	Sydney, NSW, 23 January 1895
Home Town:	Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord, NSW, 13 June 1950, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:	Cremorne St Peter's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll, Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

4 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 880, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW
9 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 880, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 880, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney

World War 2 Service

25 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N172307, Volunteer Defence Corps (NSW), Willoughby, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

His name is on St Peter's C of E Cremorne WW1 Honour Roll Board.

Married: Dorothy Ella Woodford (c1896-28/1/1984) in Tetbury C of E Parish Church, England 26/2/1919.

McVEY, William Andrew Roy .-June 13, 1950, late of Lane Cove, beloved husband of Dorothy Ella McVey and loving father of Dorothy (Mrs. Haldane) and Richard, aged 55 years.

McVEY, W.A.R. (Roy).-June 13, 1950, at Yaralla Hospital, beloved eldest son of Jessie and the late J R McVey, and loved brother of Ames, Viola, Harry, Bill, Vera, Ted, Olive, Gordon, Thelma and Jack.

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