Roderick Hugh McKAY

Regimental number7/1497
AddressWinchmore, Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E McKay, Winchmore, Porowhita, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of disease 15 October 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialEast Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 40), Lemnos, Greece
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Elizabeth McKay, Winchmore, Ashburton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Sixth