Roderick MACKAY

Regimental number58576
OccupationShepherd
Next of kinAunt, Miss Macrae, c/o Empire Hotel, Timaru
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No 1 (Plot IV, Row G, Grave No 13), Serre, Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Finlay and Isabella Mackay, Kirkton, Balmacara, Kyle, Ross-shire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 12

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