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McKAY, Donald Richard
(Service number 17/129)

Aliases	Born Daniel Richard
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	23/10/1890	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	York Street, Canada
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Jemima McKAY (mother), York Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Veterinary Corps
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Angus & Jemima (nee WILLS) McKAY. Brother of Angus Douglas McKAY who died of wounds in 1918 in France. Brother Kenneth John McKAY also served in WWI.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [20 October 2013].

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