| Regimental number | 15012 |
| Occupation | Farm hand |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Catherine McColgan, Old Kilpatrick, Scotland |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| Members of 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company, left Wellington on two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
| Place of burial | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 210), Bailleul, Nord, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Catherine McColgan, Main Street, Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
| Medals |
Military Medal 'Messines Offensive - 7th to 9th June 1917. This man single handed tackled 3 Germans who were bringing a Machine Gun out of a trench into action. He bayoneted the crew and captured the gun. Later he reorganised his section and did remarkably good work until severely wounded the next day.'
Source: 'London Gazette' Date: |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 11 |