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Alexander John McKay

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander John AWMM
  • Surname
    McKay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25721 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    10 April 1912 Public - Warren - Other relative - 21 November 2018 - Military Personnel File
  • Place of birth
    Waipu Public - Warren - Other relative - 21 November 2018 - Military Personnel File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM PO Box 250, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr C. McKay (father), Millbrook, Waipu, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Greece, North Africa Public - Warren - Other relative - 21 November 2018 - Military Personnel File
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    25721 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Alexander McKay was the son of Christopher McKay and of Johanna McKay (nee McKay), of Waipu, New Zealand AWMM
    • Enlisted in Palmerston North 17 April 1940 (railway clerk, NZR Goods Road Service)
      Previous military training: 3 & 1/2 years college cadets;
      2 & 1/2 years territorials (8th Field Battery, Palmerston North)
      Entered Papakura Camp 16 May 1940
      Embarked in Wellington 27 Aug 1940
      Disembarked in Egypt 2 Oct 1940
      In NZ Gen Hospital 31 Oct to 8 Nov (influenza)
      Posted to 26 Battery, 4 Field Regiment 28 Nov 1940
      Embarked for Greece March 1941
      Reported safe in Egypt 18 May 1941
      Reported safe [after Operation Crusader] 12 Dec 1941
      Killed in action 9 Sept 1942 Public - Warren - Other relative - 21 November 2018 - Military Personnel File
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Death

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  • Death
    9 September 1942 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. F. 1A. AWMM
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 November 2018WarrenNorthland, NZOther relative

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