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MCKAY, David Robertson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | W18248 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 6 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia, 24 July 1946, aged 50 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican Plot. Row OA. Grave 25. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, W18248 | |
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| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, W18248 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Rosemary Ritorto
David most likely arrived in Australia in 1925 onboard the S.S. Oram, on the passenger list of which his address is listed as "Immigration Bureau, Perth".
Western Australian Electoral Rolls for 1931, 1936 and 1937 show that David was a farmer in Group 89 in Pemberton WA.
In 1941 David married Annie Elizabetha BOND in Osborne Park, WA (WA Marriage Registration No.: 101844).
In the 1943 WA Electoral Rolls, both David and Annie are living at 54 Lindsay Street, North Perth, with David's occupation listed as 'military occupation'.