James Alexander HAY

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Service Number:	229
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Glanville, South Australia, 9 January 1883
Home Town:	Aldgate, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant Station Master (S.A.R.)
Died:	Died of Illness (appendicitis & pneumonia), Military Hospital, Ras-El-Tin, Alexandria, Egypt, 27 May 1915, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Grave Reference Row L. Grave 139. , Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Aldgate Honour Board, Aldgate War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

24 Aug 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 229, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 229, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 229, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Also served in the South African war

Son of James Spain Hay and Ann Hay; husband of Eva Margaret Hay, of "Coalbrooke," Aldgate, South Australia.