Samuel Aimers MACKAY

Regimental number12435
OccupationLinotyper
Next of kinMother, Mrs E J MacKay, 29 Brougham Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
The 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, F Company, left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 52 'Mokoia' and HMNZT 53 'Navua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Elizabeth Jeffrey MacKay, 53 Bowen Street, Wellington. Native of Milton, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 18