Wattie Horton McKay
I whānau mai i te b. 5 April 1905
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
- I mate atu i te 30 Aug 1941 - Nama Hōia
- 5628 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Walter Horton McKAYPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Lieutenant/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Wattie Horton AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- McKay AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Walter Horton McKAYPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Nama Hōia
- 5628 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- Rā i whānau mai ai
- b. 5 April 1905Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
- Wāhi Whānau
- Kaiti, GisbornePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Albert Horton McKAY & Celia Kathleen McKAY (nee' Greening)Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM 115 Frederick St., Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Rona McKay (wife), 115 Frederick St., Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
- 1936 Wattie Horton McKAY married Maudie Te Aorere MOHI
They had 1 daughterPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Greece AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 5628 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Journalist/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Second Lieutenant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
- WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp AWMM
P.O.W. 5th Australian General Hospital AWMM - Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died while Prisoner of War AWMM - 30 Aug 1941 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
P.O.W. 5th Australian General Hospital - GSW thigh. AWMM
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Lieutenant/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Wattie McKay was the son of Albert and Celia Kathleen McKay; husband of Rona McKay, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 30 Aug 1941 AWMM
Age 34 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 8. B. 1. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Lieutenant Wattie H. McKay was an outstanding figure in sporting circles in Gisborne for some years. He represented Poverty Bay at hockey and football for several seasons, played Rugby for the Maoris against an Australian visiting team, and won honours in Wairoa and Hawke’s Bay after his departure from Gisborne. A school teacher at Waerenga-a-hika College at one time, he had a considerable degree of literary talent.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 November 2023 - N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20626, 29 NOVEMBER 1941, PAGE 4 - Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2240331
Sources Used - D Company, 28th Māori Battalion, Palmerston North, 1940. The soldiers were identified by D Company's Company Sergeant Major, Rangi Logan, in the 1990s. Names are listed from left to right in each row. Some identifications remain unconfirmed. Identifications: 28 Māori Battalion website, ‘D Company 1940, group photo’.
Back row: Unidentified, Tim Pahau, unidentified, possibly Katene, Bunny Hawkins (Wakatu), Johnson Whare, unidentified, Major Rewi, George Tawhai, Willy Rupe, Eddy (Kapai) Ngapuhi (unconfirmed), unidentified, Eddie Ngapuhi (unconfirmed), unidentified, unidentified, Joe Larkins (Rangitāne), unidentified, Rangi Mateparae, Norman Tane (Te Kuiti), Noble Carroll, Bill Tauri, unidentified. Third row: Unidentified, Jack Tainui, unidentified, Jim Koti, J. J. Taha, Kiwa Pomare Hura, Joe Te Rangi (Chatham Islands), unidentified, Bill Rangitawa, Nelson Carroll, unidentified, Iriwhata (Ponchey) Hunter, Don Mitchell (Wairoa), Waki Lewis (Ngāti Kauwhata), William Heperi, Bill Iwihora, Tuakana (Tew) Nikora, John Rangi (Waitōtara), George (Old Horse) Martin, John (Swanne) Collins, Philip Parahi, Nirai Apatu, George Cook, Bob Ropiha, Tom Ormond (Māhia), unidentified, Taake Karetu, Jim Tahau. Second row: Bill Kurupo (Le Bas), Barney Kingi, Willy Tamaki, Te Raetea Kahu Paku, Felix Edwards, Boy Tamaki, Lemuel Mahanga (Wairoa, Hawke's Bay), Jim Roach, Walla West, Jack Rewiti, Bob Mangere, Jim Kihi (Ngāti Maniapoto), Willie Komene, Maurice Anderson, unidentified, Pat Wright, unidentified, Les Wipiti, Peter Tapine (Piha), Jim Bailey (Whanganui) or Boss Pineaha, Peter Tahatu, Joe Hiroti (Whanganui), Robert Fowler, Boyce Te Mana, Joe Manaena, John Parata (Pehi), Mat Bailey (Pūtiki). Front row: Hori Tauroa Roa, Fraser Goodnight, Paul Kurupo, Bill Tukere Te Anga, Dean (Hati) Paipa, Martin Murphy, George Te Hau, Bill Mohi, Jackson Martin, Tom Pitama (identified as Petaina), Rangi Logan, George Te Kuru, Teri Gilroy, Captain Ces Blomfield, Major Humphrey Dyer, Paul Te Punga, Wally McKay, Sergeant Ted Pohio, Whiti Mane (Hastings), Jerry Smith (Whanganui), Barney Manawatu, Stan Cooper, Tom Smiler, Stanley Rangi Martin, Sam Komene, Henry Skipper, George Turner, Howe Iwihora. 'Maori Battalion, D Company, Palmerston North’. Photograph by Richard John James Thomson, 1940. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PA.000038.
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/213178
Further Reference - Obituary - Prominent Maori Athlete https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19411202.2.120Public - Sarah - Researcher - 7 April 2021 - New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24137, 2 December 1941, Page 9
- 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
- Ngā tuhinga
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 2: WW2 119 - Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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