Neil Alexander MacKay

Forenames

Neil Alexander AWMM

Surname

MacKay AWMM

Service number

WWI 50776 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

16 Apr 1895 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Waipu

Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 June 2018 - Military Personnel File

Post war occupation

Farmer

Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 June 2018 - Military Personnel File

Next of kin

WW1 Miss Catherine MacKay (sister), Royal Cafe, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 50776 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Age on enlistment

22

Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 June 2018 - Military Personnel File

Occupation before enlistment

Farmer

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Embarkation details

WW1 15 Aug 1917-02 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 92 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 29th Reinforcements, F Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

• Neil Mackay was the brother of Mr. A. A. Mackay, of Mangapehi, Auckland, New Zealand.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr A. A. MacKay Ardmore Rd., Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• He was the son of Duncan & Mary MacKAY (nee Campbell) from Waipu. They had nine children and two son’s enlisted – Duncan Gordon (12/1702) & Neil Alexander (50776),
  
  He was the cousin was Arthur Hay SOMNER (13/2082).
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 15 December 2018 - Waipu Museum

Death

16 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Death notes

DIED OF SICKNESS, OTAGO INFANTRY. Dec 16, MacKay, Neil Alexander. (Miss C. Mackay, Hamilton, sister) (North Otago Times, 21 Dec 1917)

Public - Sandra - Researcher - 15 December 2018 - Papers past

Cemetery

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XXXI. D. 20A. AWMM

Memorial name

• Waipu First World War Memorial, Waipu, Northland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangarei & Districts WW1 Memorial
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 June 2018 - Memorial search
• Waipu Presbyterian Church, The Centre, Waipu
  Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 June 2018 - Memorial search
• There is an error in that he did not die in England.
  Public - Geoffrey - Researcher - 20 May 2018 - CWGC

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10921805
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/498133/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/498133
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  70: 20
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• HMNZT 92. Fresh tracks, or, The wake of the wanderers. (1917). London: Printed by Cassell & Company.