Archie Graham MACKAY

MACKAY, Archie Graham

    Service Number: 313
    Enlisted: 19 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 12 November 1886
    Home Town: Norman Park, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Brisbane Central State School, Queensland
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 48, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Brisbane Bowling Club Roll of Honour, East Brisbane Mowbray Town Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Ipswich Salsbury Great War Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 313, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 313, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 313, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    9 May 1915: Involvement Private, 313, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 313 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-09

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Donald MacKayand Mary Anne MacKay nee Sutherland of 'Galloway Hills', Norman Park, QLD.

    Brother of Ronald Stuart Mackay who returned to Australia on 5 Arpril 1919 having served with the Army Service Corps; Alexander Sutherland MacKay who died of disease while serving in the Australian Field Artillery on 18 December 1918 and was buried in the Turin Cmetery, Italy

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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