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McKELLAR, John Carter
(Service number 15945)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	8 February 1890	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	5 April 1916	Age	26 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Box 81, Fairlie
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs A. McKELLAR (mother), P.O. Box 81, Fairlie
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	15th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	17 September 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 September 1950	Age
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 101, Plot 16
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Carter McKellar was the second son of Archibald and Emily (née Carter) McKellar.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0074369) [21 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 July 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [22 July 2016]

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