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Allan Hugh McLay

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Headstone of WO2 Allan Hugh MCLAY 284101. Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 21A9. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of WO2 Allan Hugh MCLAY 284101. Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 21 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allan Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    McLay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mac AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 284101 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 September 1920 Public source Dunedin, Otago Public source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 30 Coughtrey Street, St Clair, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 William and Martha McLay ( parents), St Clair, Dunedin AWMM
    • James W. and Martha McLay (parents) St Clair, Dunedin Public - Heather - Child - 9 January 2018 - (personal info from daughter)
  • Relationship status
    1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 284101 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
    • Complexion, WWII AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      5 feet 11.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, WWII AWMM
      12 stone 12 lbs AWMM

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Allan Hugh McLay was one of the early members of the 2nd Scottish Regiment (s/n 4/7/51)

    Periods of Service with the New Zealand Army:

    Within New Zealand
    8 Jan 1942 – 9 Dec 1942 = 336 days
    25 Dec 1945 – 25 May 1946 = 152 days
    Total days within New Zealand = 1 years 123

    Periods of Overseas Service
    11 Dec 1942 – 24 Dec 1945 = 3 years 15 days

    Total Service (within NZ and overseas) = 4 years 138 days

    Allan Hugh McLay was a member of the Dunedin Highland Band as well as the 2nd Scottish Regiment Band. His brothers, Hector and Colin were also in the Dunedin Highland Band. As part of the Allied Day Parade in 1941, the Combined Pipe Bands paraded through the Dunedin Streets to the Octagon. Allan was Drum Major, Colin a piper and Hector was a tenor drummer in the parade. The bands would often perform on a Sunday in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens or at the St Clair Band Rotunda.

    12 March 1948 – Allan Hugh McLay married Thelma Rose Davis.

    Two daughters: Judith Rose McLay (b1950) and Heather Joy McLay (b1954) ( Source:Public source) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    • 11 September 1986 Public source
      Age 65 AWMM
      Sawyers Bay, Dunedin Public source
    • 11 September 1986 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 65 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Block 21A, Plot 9 (ashes burial) Text: A. H. McLAY 284101, 2nd NZEF, WO2, NZ Infantry Died 11/9/1986, Rose McLay,Died 2/6/2008 AWMM
    • Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 21A, Plot 9 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Otago Daily Times:12/13 September 1986 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    NZETC: Mentioned in: 23 Battalion: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945.p.328
    http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-23Ba-c13.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.256 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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09 January 2018HeatherBlenheimChild
12 July 2016Heather NZDirect descendant

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