Roderic Angus McKINNON

Regimental number23931
OccupationSchool teacher
Next of kinWife, Mrs M McKinnon, Rotorangi, Cambridge, Auckland
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunaganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 31 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialPloegsteert Wood Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row AA, Grave No 4), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Donald and Margaret McKinnon, Putaruru; Wife: Marjory McKinnon, 68 Albert Street, Hamilton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 2

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