William McGEE

Regimental number29176
OccupationEngine driver
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret McGee, Burnett Street, Ashburton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd (South Canterbury) Company, 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Kathrine McGee; Wife: Margaret Marsden (formerly McGee), William Street, Ashburton. Native of Winslow, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 11

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