Hugh McGUCKIN

Regimental number7/1766
Addressc/o Mrs Phillips, Utiku
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinSister, Mrs T Gadsby, Raglan Street, Lansdowne, Masterton
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of disease 9 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialChanak Consular Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No 4), Canakkale, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Mary McGuckin, Masterton, Wellington
Medals

Military Medal

'For bravery in the field.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 4 February 1918

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Seventh