| Regimental number | 7/1264 |
| Address | Winchmore, Canterbury |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Father, David McKay, Winchmore, Porowhita, Canterbury |
| Rank on embarkation | Trooper |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on |
| Final rank | Lance Corporal |
| Final unit | Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 45), Kantara, Egypt |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and Elizabeth McKay, Ashburton |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Sixth |