Alexander Duncan McKay

Forenames

Alexander Duncan AWMM

Surname

McKay AWMM

Also known as

Sandy

Public - Sandra - Other relative - 20 May 2018 - Family papers

Service number

WWI 13/205 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waipu, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Winifred McKay, Waipu, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/205 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

“Trooper Alex .D. D. McKay, killed at Gallipoli, was the third son of Mr J.M. McKay J.P. of Mountfield , Waipu, and was aged 31 years. He was educated at North River, Waipu, and joined the Post and Telegraph department of the Civil Service as a very young lad. He soon made good headway, and filled important positions in several of the North Island post offices, having put several years in at Whangarei and Waipu, having acted as relieving officer at the latter place. As a postal officer he was very highly esteemed, being particularly thoughtful and attentive in assisting those who at any time needed assistance in the discharge of their postal business. Alex McKay, at the outbreak of war, was the ‘first to enlist for the front” from Waipu, and set an example which has since been followed by nearly all eligible Waipu men.
At the time of leaving, he was a very enthusiastic member of both the Waipu Agricultural Association and the Waipu Caledonian Society. There is another brother (Edwin) at the Front, who went with the Fifth reinforcements.” (Auckland Star 10 September 1915)

Public - Sandra - Other relative - 1 June 2018 - Waipu Museum

Memorial name

Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey

Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Military Personnel File

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Waipu War Memorial, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangarei & Districts Roll of Honour, located at Laurie Hall Park, Whangarei
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum
• Post & Telegraph Department Roll of Honour
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum
• Waipu Returned Services Association Roll of Honour, located at the Waipu RSA
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum
• Waipu Peace Celebrations Roll of Honour (dated 19 Jul 1919)
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum
• Waipu Masonic Lodge WW1 Roll of Honour, located at the Waipu Museum
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum
• North River School Roll of Honoour
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum
• Waipu Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum
• Waipu Caledonian Roll of Honour, located at the Waipu Museum
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 9 November 2018 - Waipu Museum

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10925021
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Waipu War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/waipu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680157/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680157
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 454
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.