'Lieut A.P. McCormac, Quartermaster of the Battalion, is recommended for devotion to duty at all times, and particularly during the operations in the Somme (September/October 1916) when he kept the Battalion at all times supplied with fresh rations and water under great transport difficulties. On no single occasion did he fail to bring up to the Unit, wherever it was the bread, cooked fresh meat, water etc, so necessary for the well-being of the men, with the result that they were fed during the operations in the same manner as in stationary trench warfare, thus leading to the greater efficiency of the Unit.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 1 June 1917

Regimental number	8/626
Address	Middlemarch, Otago
Marital status	Single
Next of kin	Father, Thomas McCormack, St Leonards, Dunedin
Rank on embarkation	Sergeant Major
Enlistment status	Volunteer
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
	Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Medals	Mentioned in Despatches 'Lieut A.P. McCormac, Quartermaster of the Battalion, is recommended for devotion to duty at all times, and particularly during the operations in the Somme (September/October 1916) when he kept the Battalion at all times supplied with fresh rations and water under great transport difficulties. On no single occasion did he fail to bring up to the Unit, wherever it was the bread, cooked fresh meat, water etc, so necessary for the well-being of the men, with the result that they were fed during the operations in the same manner as in stationary trench warfare, thus leading to the greater efficiency of the Unit.' Source: London Gazette Date: 1 June 1917
Miscellaneous details	Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body