| Place | Africa: Egypt |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0443 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Mackay, Kenneth Scott |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1914-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1494 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Mackay, Kenneth Scott (Private, b.1893 - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 554 Private Kenneth Scott Mackay, 5 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, 1914-1915. Collection consists of photostat copies of five letters written by Private Kenneth Mackay to his mother, and a photostat copy of an incomplete letter written to Mrs. Mackay by an unidentified member of 12 Battalion, (possibly 365 Private Gershom Withers Green), in April 1917. Photostat copies made by Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown. Also see 1DRL/0442 for letters written by his brother Major John Shaw Mackay; and 1DRL/0445 for letters written by his brother Gunner Ronald Grey MacKay.
History / Summary
Biographical note: 554 Private Kenneth Scott Mackay, 5 Battalion AIF. Farmer; of Devonport, Tasmania; born in north Queensland; educated at Church Grammar School, Launceston, Tasmania, and at Dookie (Vic) Agricultural College; joined the AIF on 17 August 1914; died on 29 August 1915 of wounds received at Anzac, aged 22.