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Geoffrey Ambrose McKay

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey Ambrose AWMM
  • Surname
    McKay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 239546 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    1919 Public - Ross - Other relative - 24 December 2021 - B D M records
  • Place of birth
    Wairua ,Marlborough , New Zealand Public - Ross - Other relative - 24 December 2021 - B D M records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 113 Scott St., Blenheim AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM C/o A.G. Newman, Fulton St., Farnham, Blenheim AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. E.M. McKay, 113 Scott St., Blenheim (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E.M. McKay, 113 Scott St., Blenheim (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 239546 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    7 Jan 1980 Public - Ross - Other relative - 24 December 2021 - Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    60 years Public - Ross - Other relative - 24 December 2021 - Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Thames , Coromandel , New Zealand. Public - Ross - Other relative - 24 December 2021 - Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taita Cemetery , Naenae , New Zealand Public - Ross - Other relative - 24 December 2021 - Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    R S A Soldiers Burial , Block 11 , Row W , Plot 13. Public - Ross - Other relative - 24 December 2021 - Cemetery Records
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Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.83 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.90 AWMM

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