John Thomas McCAW

Regimental number13349
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinFather, R McCaw, Waitahuna, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 21 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsOtago Provincial Memorial, Anderson's Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Martha McCaw, Waitahuna, Otago
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died of wounds at sea en route to New Zealand from France

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 3

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