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Cenotaph record

William McKay

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    McKay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 December 1875 AWMM Reefton, West Coast AWMM
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
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  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW1 Medical practitioner AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attested in England

    Education Grey High School NZ. Commenced studies at Otago University and completed medical studies at University of Edinburgh 1898. Became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons 1901.

    Saw service in France.

    Post war in General Practice in Greymouth and made important contributiions to public affairs. Member of Philosophical Institute of Canterbury from 1924. AWMM

Death

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    22 August 1946 AWMM
    Age 70 AWMM
    Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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