Profile

McKELLAR, Angus
(Service number 15944)

Aliases	Gus
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	05/05/1892	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	21 March 1916	Age	24 years
Address at Enlistment	Box 81, Fairlie
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs E. McKELLAR (mother), P.O. Box 81, Fairlie
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 160 lbs. Chest measurement 35½ -38¾ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes hazel. Hair black. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all jjoints. Chest well formed. Heart & lings normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

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	Canterbury Regiment

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	20 September 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service (Nephritis).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	20 October 1936	Age	45 years
Place of Death	2 Gibson Street, Timaru (residence)
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row104, Plot 5
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Angus McKellar, familiarly known as Gus, was the youngest 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 0074364) [21 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 July 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [22 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 22 October 1936 (Timaru District Library) [25 July 2016]

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