Robert McCoy

1878-1953

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37696

About

Born in New Zealand

27 September 1878
Parents

Mother

Anna McCoy

Father

Robert McCoy
Live

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Edith McCoy

Army Experience

  • New South Wales Artillery

    Australia

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 75

    13 October 1953

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5544 57/0072168, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Robert McCoy (1878-1953)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/536