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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
Akara ki mua e akara katoa ki muri
To be able to look forward, you must be able to look back
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Highest Rank:
Second Lieutenant
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
William
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
McCOY
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
7/627
7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
3rd and 16th Maori Reinforcements
Rarotongan Company, 4th Rarotongan Contingent
South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 service number: 6832
WWII service number: 63146
Also Known As
Date of Birth
17/04/1886
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Australia (as per war service record)
Date of Death
5/11/1951
Place of Death
Christchurch, New Zealand
Death Registration Number
Unknown
Headstone/Grave Location
Unknown
Next of Kin
Percy McCoy (father) born New Zealand
Mrs A. McCoy (mother) born Australia
Emily Jane McCoy (wife), Christchurch New Zealand
Link to Online Service Record
Additional Information
Enlisted 21 August 1914. Served with the Imperial Light Horse during the South African (Boer) War 1899-1902. WIA (Wounded in Action) in the abdomen at Gallipoli. Returned to New Zealand wounded in February 1916. Re-embarked July 1917 and transferred to the Canterbury Mounted Rifles then transferred to the Rarotongan Company and promoted to Second Lieutenant to replace Lieutenant Coull in November 1917. Returned to New Zealand in October 1918 due to health issues from his old wound. Posted to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp November 1918 to embark with the 4th Rarotongan Contingent. Discharged 20 December 1918.
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