MCSTAY, Frank
| Service Number: | 517 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland, December 1882 |
| Home Town: | Ardglen, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | timber getter and Railway Department employee |
| Died: | Hamilton, N.S.W., 3 April 1938, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-53. 69. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 517, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 517, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 517, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 517, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically discharged (premature senility) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
87 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 4th April 1938, Lance Corporal Francis Raphael McStay, referred to as Frank, 34th Battalion (Reg No-517), timber getter and Railway Department employee from Ardglen, via Murrurundi, New South Wales and Hamilton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55?. CATHOLIC 2-53. 69.
Arrived in Australia 1912.
Born at Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland about December 1882? to William and Mary McStay; husband of Mary Amy McStay nee Hamilton, married 1923, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 19.5.1974, Burwood, N.S.W., age 84, 36 years a widow, sleeping here, Frank enlisted on the 21st February 1916 as Frank at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Granted leave to England from 21.12.1917 to 10.1.1918 and 18.11.1918 to 3.12.1918.
Admitted to hospital 4.12.1918 (not stated).
Commenced return to Australia 3.3.1919.
Frank arrived home on the 20th April 1919, being discharged (premature senility) on the 9th June 1919.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Name not inscribed on the Murrurundi Roll of Honour or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Frank’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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