Hugh Dixon “Paddy” Mackay

Corporal · NZ #17668 · T1 Patrol

Rank	Corporal
Service number	NZ #17668
Patrol	T1 Patrol
Regiment	2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment
Known as	“Paddy”
Record	https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/145822

What this roll records

Farmer in civilian life. Embarked/served with 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Navigator

Full name Hugh Dixon; known as Paddy. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Consolidated with a duplicate roll entry recorded under the alternate spelling ‘McKay, H.D.’; same man.

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Where this comes from

Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 4 (Embarkations 1 Apr–30 Jun 1941), p.222. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry.

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