Roderick Keith (Roddy) MCLEAY

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Service Number:	324
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hartley Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Condobolin Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Jackeroo
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 18, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 324, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
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
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 324, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 324, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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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