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Rayford Royal McKay Birth: 23 September 1897, Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1986, Portland, Victoria, Australia Tree Service (WW1): Australian Imperial Force, 13th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion Rank: Private Service Number: 4255 Enlistment Date: 1 September 1915 Enlistment Place: Melbourne, Victoria Occupation on Enlistment: Postal Assistant Embarkation: 29 December 1915. Hospitalised (Abassia, Egypt): 22 February 1916 Embarkation (to join BEF): 29 March 1916 Arrival (Marsaille, France): 4 April 1916. Wounded in Action: 20 August 1916 Embarkation for England: 5 November 1916. Embarkation for France: 19 April 1917 Hospitalised: 24 July 1917 Transferred to England (trench fever): 29 July 1917 Embarkation for France: 2 November 1917 Wounded in Action (Gunshot wound to left knee): 10 August 1918 Wounded in Action (Gassed): 23 September 1918 Awarded Military Medal: 13 November 1918 Returned to UK on leave: 8 January 1919 Returned to Australia on Soudan: 12 May 1919 Arrival in Australia (Melbourne): 29 June 1919 Discharged: 26 October 1920 Service (WW2): Home Guard Service Number: V359051 Enlistment Date: 29 July 1942 Enlistment Place: Merbein, Victoria Occupation: Horticulturalist Discharched: 17 September 1945 Source: National Archives of Australia
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