Date de naissance: 03/08/1889

Lieu de naissance: Halkett, Canterbury, New Zealand

Profession: Entrepreneur Général

Pays: New Zealand

Force armée: New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 48878

Incorporation date: 26/01/1917

Incorporation nom de lieu: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Unités:  —  Canterbury Regiment, 2nd Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 24/01/1918

Lieu de décès: Bois du Polygone, Zonnebeke, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 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. Sources utilisées

Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk Autre référence

Auckland Cenotaph http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C9662 Sources utilisées

CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480348/McKAY,%20GEORGE%20GORDON Sources utilisées

The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/new-zealand-division/ Sources utilisées