MACKEY D.

Given Names:  David

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Unit:  Machine Gun Company 10                                                                                     

Rank:  Lieutenant                                                                                                            

Paybook Number:  108758

Age:  18 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Soldier                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/4/1916

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Next of Kin:  FATHER  David Aloysius Mackey

20 College Parade, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  27/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Karanga 

Embarked:  8/9/1919                                 

Disembarked:  27/10/1919

Unit:  9th Machine Gun Company                                                                                                  

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  19/12/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  44747

Victory Medal:  44010

Other:    MiD (2)

Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Brunswick, Victoria                      

Father:  David Aloysius MACKEY             

Mother:  Haidee Elizabeth COTTERILLL

MARRIAGE

Year:  1930     

Place:             

Spouse: Estelle Hyndman NNIS

DEATH

Date or Year: 20/4/1934                          

Place: Toorak, Victoria                            

Burial:  St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 4/5/1917; gun shot wound, back

Mention in Despatches dated 7/4/1918 for conspicuous services

Mention in Despatches dated 8/11/1918 for conspicuous services

Military Cross recommendation dated 30/9/1918 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the Somme between 30/3/1918 and 21/4/1918

MEMORIALS

Camberwell Grammar

Holy Trinity Church

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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