Lance Corporal

John McKay

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of David and Elizabeth McKay, of Ashburton, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Casualty

Service Number: 
7/1264
Name:
John McKay
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
David McKay (father), Winchmore, Porowhita, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Winchmore, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
09 August 1916
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
A. 45.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
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