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MCLEAY, Roderick Keith
Personal Details
Service Number: | 324 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hartly Vale, New South Wales, 1895 |
Home Town: | Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Public School, Condobolin, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Jackeroo |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 18, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 324, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 324, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 324, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander Hay McLeay and Emilie Jane Margaret McLeay of 'Ellimeek', 11 Beardy Street, Armidale, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Force for about 3 years only resigning to join the AIF
He was a good all round athlete winning prizes for swimmings and was a good shot