James Gordon MACKAY

Regimental number9/2084
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, John Mackay, Canna Street, Lawrence
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 1 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot No XX, Row C, Grave No 1A), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth Mackay. Native of Tuapeka West
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 6

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