John Keig

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Keig AWMM

Service number

WWI 10356 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

24/12/85

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Place of birth

Christchurch

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Next of kin

J. Keig (father), Cliff Street, Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10356 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, J Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

Death

5 Apr 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France AWMM I. N. 13. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055822
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/111505/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/111505
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 8
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.