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Hector McAULAY

Regimental number4391
Place of birthChatsworth Island, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSalesman
AddressIona, McPherson Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, M McAulay, Iona, McPherson Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 September 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*date of fate 19th to 20th
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4270 Pte Roderick McAULAY, 54th Bn, killed in action, 20 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to 4th from 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.

Note on Red Cross File No 1880501: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, McAULAY Hector
Red Cross file 1880501

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