Robert Macgregor MacKintosh

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Jane MacKintosh, of 28, Clarence Rd., Lower Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the late James MacKintosh. Native of Aberdeen, Scotland.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Robert was born in Aberdeen on 30 April 1890, son of James Mackintosh and Jane née MacGregor. Robert’s connection with Rogart was through his father, James, a seed merchant who left the family home at Balchlaggan, around 1874 and went to work in Aberdeen and thence to Edinburgh. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1897.

Robert was a farm labourer working for S E Rutherford at Kowai Bush in North Canterbury when he enlisted, on 27 June 1916, in the Canterbury Infantry and was given the service number 29274. His next of kin was listed as his mother Jane, of 1 Division Road, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch as his father had died in 1914. He embarked for Europe in October 1916, arriving in Plymouth on 29 December. They went by train to Sling Camp on the Salisbury Plain for battle training. He was there for almost seven months but finally shipped out for France on 6 July 1917. By 17 July 1917 he was at the battle front. Three months later Robert was killed in action in Belgium on 4 October 1917.

Robert’s body was not found so he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial for the missing in Belgium and the Rogart war memorial. In New Zealand he is recorded on the Upper Riccarton Memorial Library Roll of Honour, the Scottish Society of New Zealand Roll of Honour (above) and on his parent’s headstone at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch.

His brother, Alexander Murray MacKintosh, serial number 48979, also served in the war and was wounded in 1918 but lived on until 1973." [Source: https://rogartheritage.co.uk/online-resources/war-memorial/robert-macgre..., accessed: 7/03/2026]

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Casualty

Service Number:

29274

Name:

Robert Macgregor MacKintosh

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

30 April 1890

Place of Birth:

Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland

Next of Kin:

Mrs Jane MacKintosh (mother), No 1 Division Road, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch

Religion:

Presbyterian

Date of Enlistment:

27 June 1917

Locality on Enlistment:

S E Rutherford, Kowai Bush

Place of Enlistment:

Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farm Labourer

Employer:

S E Rutherford, Kowai Bush

Unit:

NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 3 Battalion, 1 (Canterbury) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

04 October 1917

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

11 October 1916

Transport:

HMNZT 67

Vessel:

Tofua

Destination:

Plymouth, England

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Tyne Cot Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

N.Z. Apse, Panel 2.

Cemetery Location:

Belgium