Robert MCKAY

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Service Number:	617
Enlisted:	24 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gorramadda, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Warrnambool State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Meningitis, Government Hospital, Suez, Egypt, 10 June 1915
Cemetery:	Suez War Memorial Cemetery Row C, Grave 56 Headstone inscription reads: Leads kindly light, Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Suez, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 617, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Son of John McKay and Elizabeth Curtis formerly McKay nee Cust of Lava Street, Warrnambool, Victoria. Brother of Alfred Hugh Bartley McKay

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal