Geburtsdatum: 03/08/1889

Geburtsort: Halkett, Canterbury, New Zealand

Beruf: Unternehmer

Land: New Zealand

Truppe: New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 48878

Einberufung datum: 26/01/1917

Einberufung ort: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Einheiten:  —  Canterbury Regiment, 2nd Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 24/01/1918

Sterbeort: Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 28

Private George Gordon McKay ( 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Brigade, New Zealand Division ) was killed in action on the 24th of January 1918. Private McKay enlisted in Christchurch on 26th of January 1917 and was originally assigned to the 27th Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section.

On the 20th of January he received the orders to join the 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment in the field near Polygon Wood. During the month of January it is said that it rained without a break, which caused the trenches to be in a really bad condition. On the 24th of January, only four days after he was assigned to the 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, he got killed, presumably while holding a line in the Polygon Wood area. After the war his body was found in the northernmost point of Polygon Wood ( J.10.a.65.80 ) near the so-called “the Butte”. Private George Gordon McKay now rests at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood.

" The New Zealand Division 1916-1919 ", Stewart H., Auckland, Whitcombe & Tombs, 1921, pg. 319-321. Verwendete Quellen

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