Robert Hugh MCKAY

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Service Number:	SX15805
Enlisted:	30 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Independent Company
Born:	Wilcannia, New South Wales, 25 April 1909
Home Town:	Wilcannia, Central Darling, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 12 January 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial, Lae Memorial, Wilcannia War Memorial

30 Dec 1941:	Involvement Private, SX15805, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2
30 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
30 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX15805
1 Mar 1942:	Involvement Private, SX15805, 2nd/7th Independent Company
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Father ____ and Mother Margaret Ann Maden.

Wife Alice Jane McKay, living at Woore Street, Wilcannia, New South Wales

Described on enlisting as 32 years 8 months old; married; brown hair; blue eyes;
Roman Catholic

30/12/1941 Enlisted at Wayville, South Australia

15/1/1942 taken on strength into 3TB from RRD

11/5/1942 detached to 2/4 Ord stks Company

1/6/1942 marched out from 3T Btn to 10th Battalion

8/6/1942 entrained from SA to NSW

18/7/1942 entrained from NSW to VIC
transferred to Independent Corps, VIC

20/7/1942 transferred to Australian Guer Warfare School

20/9/1942 posted to 7th Indendent Company

4/10/1942 Emplaned at Townsville and deplaned at Port Moresby

11/1/1943 died in action (33 years old)
as a Private in the Australian Infantry, 2/7 Independent Company

26/3/1943 AIF stated he was buried at: Observation Hill
North-South of Mubo

Later NO KNOWN GRAVE

His name is commemorated on Panel No.2 at the Lae Memorial, within the Lae War Cemetery,
Lae, New Guinea.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 29/3/2015. Lest we forget.