John McKee

1877-1952

Unit

Main Body

Section

Headquarters Staff

Rank

Sergeant Major

Serial

4/1232

About

Born

2 July 1877
Live

Hometown

Maungaturoto
Work

Occupation

Carpenter
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

A. McKee

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Mentioned in Dispatches ribbon

Mentioned in Dispatches
For distinguished and gallant services, and devotion to duty during the period 16th September 1918 to 15th March 1919.

Death

Died at the age of 75

15 August 1952

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 79/0074323, Military Personnel File.

London Gazette, 11 July 1919, p. 8836.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 1.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John McKee (1877-1952)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/550