Samuel Hay McNair

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Wed, 06/05/2015 - 10:46

First Name:

Samuel

Middle Name:

Hay

Last Name:

McNair

Mother's Name:

Martha (nee Morton)

Father's Name:

Samuel McNair

Date Enlisted:

Wednesday, September 16, 1914

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

13th Battalion

Company:

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Monday, May 3, 1915

Place of Death:

Gallipoli

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Private Samuel McNair (Service no. 651) was born in Temora circa 1893. At the time of enlistment the family were living in Wollongong.

Samuel was described as a single 21 year old baker. He embarked on HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22nd December, 1914 with F coy 13th Battalion. After training in Egypt he sailed for Gallipoli and saw plenty of action from the start. He was engaged in the desperate fighting at Quinn's Post and was killed there on 3rd May, 1915.

Private McNair has no known grave and is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial. His brother Henry (Service no. 1943) died of wounds in 1917.