William MCKAY

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Service Number:	WX7138
Enlisted:	1 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Golspie, Scotland , 2 July 1908
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of War, Thailand, 23 September 1943, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Grave 1. L. 56.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX7138
1 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7138, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement WX7138

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He was 35 and the son of Hugh and Sarah Mackay, of Drummuee, Scotland.

He is one of three Australian soldiers remembered on the war memorial in Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland. The other two are Great War casualties:

Private Hector Watson MUNRO, 2nd Bn Australian Imperial Force.

Private D. SUTHERLAND, Australian Imperial Force.

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