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William McKAY

Regimental number4273
Place of birthArden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolNorth Melbourne State School, Victoria. Private School North Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBent Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A McKay, Bent Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of disease 24 February 1917
Place of death or woundingNot Known (died of Natural Causes)
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAlbert Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row R, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary MCKAY, Bent Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

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