Desmond Mari Francis MACKAY

MACKAY, Desmond Mari Francis

Service Number: QX17257
Enlisted: 24 July 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Field Regiment
Born: Ipswich, Qld, 4 May 1914
Home Town: Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storeman / Packer
Died: Illness, Thailand, 10 October 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
1. M. 65, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, QX17257, 2nd/10th Field Regiment,

Rank of Acting Sergeant

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, QX17257, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Malaya/Singapore
24 Jul 1940: Enlisted Sergeant, QX17257, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Enlisted, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane City, Qld.
24 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, QX17257, 2nd/10th Field Regiment
24 Jul 1940: Enlisted
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW - as per stated: 15/02/1942, to 16/03/1943, entrained to "D Force", Thailand Camp; POW of Japan, Died of Illness, 10/10/1943. (NAA, Pg-5) Service Record of Sergeant: Desmond MF MACKAY, SN QX17257.
10 Oct 1943: Wounded Sergeant, QX17257, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Malaya/Singapore, Wounded - as per stated: from date: 16/03/1943, entrained to "D Force; Missing - POW of Japanese, died of illness whilst POW in "Thai Camp"; Campaign: Malaya/Singapore. (NAA, Pg-5) Service Record of Sergeant: Desmond MF MACKAY, SN QX17257.
10 Oct 1943: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Hugh Bernard MACKAY & Catherine Gladys (nee-ROBERTS) MACKAY.