John Millar McKEEMAN

Regimental number57241
Date of birth21 November 1896
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Helen McKeeman, 36 Featherston Street West, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
The 29th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Mokoia', 13 August 1917, and SS 'Ruahine', 15 August 1917). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship or ships F Company embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of burialVillers Hill British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 43), Villers-Guislain, near Cambrai, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and H McKeeman, 108 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Nominal Roll as McKEENAN.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 20
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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