Topic: AIF - HQ - 3rd Echelon
AIF Headquarters
3rd Echelon
James Whiteside McCAY
The Honorable Sir James Whiteside McCay, KCMG, KBE, CB, VD.
James Whiteside McCAY Military Biography
Date of Birth: 21 December 1864.
Lieutenant: 29 October 1886.4th Infantry Battalion (Victoria), 29 October 1886.
Captain: 8 March 1889.4th Infantry Battalion (Victoria), 8 March 1889.
Major: 13 March 1896.4th Infantry Battalion (Victoria), 13 March 1896.
Lieutenant Colonel: 1 January 1900.4th Infantry Battalion (Victoria), 1 January 1900.
8th Australian Infantry Regiment, 1 July 1903.
Colonel: 6 December 1907.Director of Intelligence, Intelligence Corps, 6 December 1907.
Honorary Colonel, 66th and 67th Infantry Regiments, 6 December 1907.
Unattached List: 31 March 1913.Temporary Brigadier General: 15 August 1914.
Brigadier General: 15 August 1914.General Officer Commanding, 2nd Infantry Brigade, AIF, 15 August 1914.
Temporary Major General: 29 November 1915.
Major General: 22 February 1916.General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division, AIF, 22 March 1916.
Honorary Colonel, 2/7th Infantry Battalion, 1 October 1918.
Appointment Terminated: 20 August 1919.
Died: 1 October 1930
External Biographical Links:
James Whiteside McCAY, Wikipedia
James Whiteside McCAY, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition
Further Reading:
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: AIF Headquarters, 3rd Echelon, James Whiteside McCAY
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