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Ronald Mervyn McKay

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Photograph of Private Ronald Mervyn McKay, taken at The Lodge, Sunnyside Asylum Christchurch. Image kindly provided by Marie Ranford (July 2019). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Private Ronald Mervyn McKay, taken at The Lodge, Sunnyside Asylum Christchurch. Image …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Mervyn AWMM
  • Surname
    McKay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Merv AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 627258 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 April 1934 AWMM Sydenham, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 287 Ohiro Rd., Brooklyn, Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. N. McKay, The Lodge, Sunnyside, Christchurch (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1945 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 627258 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.90 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.90
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.90
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Eldest son of Neil and Daisy McKay (nee Curragh), two siblings John Fletcher and Marie Ranford.

    The family resided at The Lodge at Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch where Neil was employed as a Senior Male Nurse and Attendant.

    Both Merv and John enlisted in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Merv lated joined the J-Force and then returned to The Lodge to continue working as a Clerk with his father. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 June 2003 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.69 AWMM

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