Regimental number | 7/1878 |
Address | Okains Bay, Canterbury |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, David P McKay, Okains Bay, Canterbury |
Rank on embarkation | Trooper |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 36 Tofua on |
Final rank | Driver |
Final unit | New Zealand Field Artillery |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Ribecourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 6), Ribecourt-la-Tour, near Cambrai, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David Paton McKay and Eliza McKay, Okains Bay, Canterbury |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Eighth |
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