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MCKAY, Reginald Hugh Copps

Service Numbers:	3966, N318386
Enlisted:	17 August 1915, Warwick Farm
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	7th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1893
Home Town:	Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Natural causes, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 22 September 1966, aged 73 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3966, 1st Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm
11 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3966, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3966, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
18 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3966, 1st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound left hand.
19 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3966, 1st Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW face - fractured mandible (lower jaw).
2 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
25 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3966, 1st Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

2 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N318386
30 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N318386, 7th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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