Forenames

Michael Egan AWMM

Surname

Lindsay AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

26 Mar 1880 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mr William Stewart Lindsay, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Military service

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
• Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Three Times AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa Student/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM British Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW1
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
Wounded in the knee, may 1901, and invalided to England aboard the hospital ship S.S 'Avoca'. AWMM

Death

Dec 1957 AWMM

Related objects

External links

New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference

References

• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.