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Robert Patrick McKay

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Headstone of Private Robert Patrick McKay (23225). Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEAK7147). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Private Robert Patrick McKay (23225). Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Haina …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    McKay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23225 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    P.P. McKay (father), Grove Bush, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 23225 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Robert McKay was the son of Mary Eleanor Mc Kay, of Oteramika Rd., Invercargill, New Zealand, and the late Peter Patrick McKay. Born at Rakahonka.

      New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM
    • Correction: born at Rakahouka, Southland. Lived at Grove Bush, Southland. Public - Sandra Michelle - Other relative - 10 January 2017 - Family history: brother to my grandfather, both born and raised in the same place, both registered as attending Grove Bush school in school records from Invercargill museum.
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Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM II. B. 38. AWMM
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 January 2017Sandra MichelleRangiora, North Canterbury, New ZealandOther relative

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