Wattie Horton McKay
Born b. 5 April 1905
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
- Died 30 Aug 1941 - Service number
- 5628 AWMM
- Also known as
- Walter Horton McKAYPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Lieutenant/Military AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Wattie Horton AWMM
- Surname
- McKay AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Walter Horton McKAYPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Service number
- 5628 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- b. 5 April 1905Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
- Place of birth
- Kaiti, GisbornePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KNZS-BY8/wattie-horton-mckay-1905-1941
- Birth notes
- 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
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM 115 Frederick St., Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Rona McKay (wife), 115 Frederick St., Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- 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
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- Greece AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 5628 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Journalist/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Second Lieutenant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp AWMM
P.O.W. 5th Australian General Hospital AWMM - Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 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
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Lieutenant/Military AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Wattie McKay was the son of Albert and Celia Kathleen McKay; husband of Rona McKay, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 30 Aug 1941 AWMM
Age 34 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 8. B. 1. AWMM
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- Obituary
- 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 - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- 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
- References
- 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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