John MACKAY

Regimental number10/3012
AddressCPO, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Mackay, Resaurie, Culloden, Inverness, Scotland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Members of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board three ships ('Aparima', 'Navua', and 'Warrimoo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 28 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row I, Grave No 73), Mericourt-l'Abbe, near Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret Mackay, Resaurie, Inverness, Scotland, and the late Angus Mackay
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Seventh

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