McKELVEY, John George
(Service number 29930)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 12 April 1895 | Place of Birth | Addington, Christchurch |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 28 June 1916 | Age | 20 |
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| Address at Enlistment | C/- Post Office Gore | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter (for Henderson & Co, Gore) | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Amelia Leonard (Mother), Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | J Company, 18th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 11 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western Europe 1917 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 April 1917 | Age | 21 |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Mrs Amelia Leonard (formerly MeKelvy) of Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand and John McKelvey. Brother of Georgina (b.1891), Gladys (b.1894), and Amelia (b.1889).
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Nov 2013); War Census CD (Nov 2013); CWGC (Nov 2013); NZ War Graves (Nov 2013); NZ BDM !896/3959; Archways (May 2014)
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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