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MCAULAY, Hector
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4391 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1915, 13th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chatsworth Island, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd. Pictorial HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maclean Public School Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4391, 1st Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4391, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4391, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 4391, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4391 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 4270 Pte Roderick McAulay also of the 54th Battalion AIF was also killed in action 20 July 1916. Both were apparently in the Lewis Gun section of the 54th Battalion.
Hector left for overseas with the 1st Battalion but transferred to the 54th Battalion in early 1916. They were sent to France and arrived there only 3 weeks before the attack at Fromelles.
Hector was posted missing, 19/20 July 1916. A Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced his fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.
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