John Gorrie McKINNON

Regimental number26/1654
OccupationTimber worker
Next of kinSister, Mrs J M Shaw, Kaiti, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 2nd Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1916
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No 38), Warlencourt, near Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: Mr M A McKirmon, Kaihu, Dargaville
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 12

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