Walter MACKAY

Regimental number2950
Place of birthTain Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRailway employee
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Mackay, Court Hill, Train, Ross-shire, Scotland
Enlistment date10 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 October 1917
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 25A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Donald and Catherine MACKAY, Courthill, Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal