| Service number | NX441 |
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| Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Colonel |
| Birth Date | 1888-01-03 |
| Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Glen Innes |
| Death Date | 1941-04-26 |
| Death Place | Greece |
| Final Rank | Colonel |
| Service | Australian Army |
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Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-11-07 Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28 Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24 |
Colonel William Elphinstone Kay
Collection items
Rolls
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- Australian Army Medical Corps
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Major
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 2nd Australian Field Ambulance
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Army Medical Corps
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 03 June 1919 on page 6461 at position 30
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 07 November 1918 on page 2110 at position 49
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Army Medical Corps
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 28 May 1918 on page 6203 at position 101
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 24 October 1918 on page 2057 at position 31
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 2/5 Australian General Hospital
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Colonel
Timeline
| Date of birth | 03 January 1888 | |
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| Date of enlistment | 12 September 1914 | |
| Date of embarkation | 20 October 1914 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 08 March 1918 | |
| Date returned to Australia | 09 December 1918 | |
| Date of death | 26 April 1941 |
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