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McKAY, Donald
(Service number 1/233)

Aliases
First Rank	Private; Gunner	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Balena Bay, Roseneath, Wellington
Occupation	Audit examiner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Hugh McKAY, Turnbull Street, Timaru; Hugh McKAY (father), 37 Rathmore Street, Timaru.
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Samoan Advance Party; New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	5th (Wellington) Regiment; 38th Reinforcements New Zealand Field Artillery.
Date	15 August 1914; 2 May 1918
Transport	Moeraki or Monowai; Balmoral Castle
Embarked From	Wellington; Wellington	Destination	Apia, Samoa; England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 May 1956	Age	64 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section; Row 40; Plot 401
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Hugh McKAY, Timaru. Audit examiner. Examoan Advance.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [22 October 2013]; TDC headstone image Timaru Cemetery [22 October 2013]

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