Biography

LOUIS J. MCKECHNIE

Burial register ID: 8805
Surname: MCKECHNIE
First name: LOUIS
Middle names: J.
Gender: Male
Age: 24 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 22-Jul-1901
Date of burial: 24-Jul-1901

Block: 164
Plot: 17
Inscription:

IN MEMORIAM

TROOPER LOUIS J. McKECHNIE

5th CONTGT. DIED OF ENTERIC

AT DUNEDIN HOSPITAL

23rd JULY 1901, AGED 24 YEARS

BELOVED ELDEST SON OF

L. & S. McKECHNIE

WAIROA H.B.

PROMOTED

On plaque:-

LOUIS J. McKECHNIE

2692 S.A. WAR PTE

5TH CONTGT

DIED 23.7.1901 AGED 24 YRS.

Bio contributor:

Louis McKechnie was a Trooper who served in the Boer War. He was a Southlander brought up on Benmore Station which his father managed, and was the captain of his school football and cricket teams and was later employed as a clerk. The family moved to Hawke Bay and Louis joined the Fifth Contingent Reserves there, leaving New Zealand with them in March 1900. Louis returned on the Tagus picking up enteric fever on the trip home. He was sent to Dunedin Hospital on arrival. His parents came from Hawke Bay to nurse him and stayed with him until he died from the disease on the 23rd July. He was aged 24 years and is buried here alone.

There are 1 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
MCKECHNIE LOUIS J. 24 Years 22-Jul-1901 24-Jul-1901