Regimental number | 39725 |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Next of kin | Father, M McKeefry, 381 King Street, Dunedin |
Rank on embarkation | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Turakina on |
Final rank | 2nd Lieutenant |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 3), Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Michael and Mary McKeefry, Rotorua |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 39720 Lieutenant John Henry Aloysius McKEEFRY, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment; 68164 Sapper James Edgar Alphonsus McKEEFRY, New Zealand Engineers |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 10 |
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