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McVEY, Daniel Morrison
(Service number 7/86)

Trooper D M McVey — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Otaio War Memorial, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.14 #01)

Otaio War Memorial name plaque, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.14 #02)

St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #01)

Name plaque (M-W)), St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #03)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	St Andrews
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John McVey, Albury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16/10/1914
Transport	HMNZT 4 Tahiti or HMNZT 11 Athenic
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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	28/8/1915	Age
Place of Death
Cause	Died of disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference	D.66
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Albury War Memorial; Otaio War Memorial; St Andrews War Memorial; Te Ngawai War Memorial; Albury Football Club Roll of Honour; Fairlie War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Daniel was the son of John McVey of Albury. His brother William Robert McVey also died while serving in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (August 2019); SCRoll web submission, 6 August 2019

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