Gabriel McIlroy

Forenames

Gabriel AWMM

Surname

McIlroy AWMM

Also known as

Gabriel McElroy AWMM

Service number

WWI 42836 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

17 Sept 1873 BDM, births

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 03 Jan 1917 AWMM C/o Telegraph Engineers Office, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Miss C. McIlroy (sister), Hornby, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 42836 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 03 Jan 1917 Military personnel file
Age  43 AWMM
Telegraphist/Civilian Military personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 Military personnel file
HMNZT 79 Military personnel file Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Private Military personnel file 23rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company Military personnel file New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• 16 Dec 1916 AWMM Height, WWI AWMM
  5 feet 5.5 inches AWMM
• 16 Dec 1916 AWMM Weight, WWI AWMM
  133 pounds AWMM
• 16 Dec 1916 AWMM Complexion, WWI AWMM
  Fair AWMM
• 16 Dec 1916 AWMM Eye colour, WWI AWMM
  Blue AWMM
• 16 Dec 1916 AWMM Hair colour, WWI AWMM
  Grey AWMM
• 16 Dec 1916 AWMM Dental, WWI AWMM
  Plates and extractions AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private Military personnel file
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Military personnel file

Death

1 Aug 1917 Military personnel file
Age  46 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Mud Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM II. D. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Casualty record
  http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/445365/McELROY,%20GABRIEL
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10923959
  Sources Used
• Roll of Honour at the Tower of London
  http://rollofhonour.tumblr.com/post/99318372802/roll-of-honour-7-october-2014
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Armoury Cenotaph File
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  57: 6
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 79 - Our grins : just a souvenir of the 23rds -- [Capetown?] : [Magazine Committee] : [1917]