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Roderick Charles McIver

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roderick Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    McIver AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/4106 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 April 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Waikaia, Southland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs R. McIver (mother), Waikaia Post-office, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/4106 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
      , received at the Battle of the Somme AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 9.25" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      160 lb AWMM

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Roderick McIver was the son of Roderick and Annie McIver, of Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand.

    Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1916; disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.
    Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 13 April 1916; joined 2nd Bn. Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Armentieres, 18 May 1916.
    Wounded in action, (gun shot wound, left side of chest), and admitted to 45th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 16th General Hospital, Le Treport, 17 September 1916.
    Died of wounds, 6 October 1916.

    Parents: Roderick and Annie McIver, Waikaia, Southland

    Parents: James and Ann McIVER (both b. Scotland) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    6 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM I. J. 4. AWMM
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  • To my great uncle Roderick Charles McIver

    I will one day visit your grave at Mt. Huron to honour the sacrifice you made on behalf of your family and all those who bravely fought and died beside you. Something that your mother was never able to do.

    Your great niece
    Karen
    Public - Karen - Other relative - 25 April 2020
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25 April 2020KarenNew ZealandOther relative
03 August 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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