 1876 - 1945 (69 years)
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| Name |
Malcolm Campbell McCallum |
| Born |
1876 |
New Zealand  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
31 Oct 1899 -1902 |
Boer War 1899 - 1902, New Zealand
The 1st New Zealand Contingent was known as the "1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles", embarked from Wellington on the SS ?Waiwera?, 21 October 1899.
1st New Zealand Contingent
27 Private Malcolm MCCALLUM
(Austraslian Light Horse Studies Centre)
CENOTAPH RECORD
Full Name: Malcolm McCallum:
Forename(s) Malcolm: Surname: McCallum
War: South African War, 1899-1902
Serial Number 27
First Known Rank: Butcher
Occupation Before Enlistment: Butcher
Next Of Kin: Mr Sam McCallum, Kaiwarra, Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkation Unit: First Contingent, No.1 Company
Embarkation Date: 31 October 1899
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Vessel: Waiwera
Destination: Durban, South Africa
Campaigns: Relief of Kimberley: Driefontein: Johannesberg: Diamond Hill
Military Awards: Queen's South Africa Medal
Wounds and Deseases: McCallum was taken ill in March 1900 and returned to duty in April 1900 at Springfield, near Bloemfontein.
Place of Death: Wellington, New Zealand
Year of Death: 1946
Biographical Notes: McCallum was present at Kimberley Camp in February 1900. He returned to New Zealand aboard the S.S. 'Harleck Castle' and was presented with a gold watch and chain by his Kaiwarra residents
Postwar Occupation: Beef slaughterman: Banks Meat Co.
Discription of Image: Portrait
Further References; New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War.URL: St Clair Inglis, A., 'Souvenir Album of the First New Zealand Contingent South African War', Auckland, 1992: Stowers, Richard, 'Kiwi Versus Boer: The First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902', Hamilton, 1992
Previous Military Experience: Heretaunga Mounted Rifles
(War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database)
(New Zealand History Online)
Malcolm Campbell McCallum who married Emma Gidall returned home from the Boer War on HM Troopship 'Orient' NOT 'Harlech Castle' as shown.
This information has been kindly supplied by Lynne Armstrong
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| Died |
19 Dec 1945 |
Wellington, New Zealand |
| Buried |
20 Dec 1945 |
Karori Crematorium , Wellington, New Zealand |
- Karori Crematorium,Wellington
Last Name: MCCALLUM First Name: MALCOLM CAMPBELL: Age: 69 Years: Deceased Date: 19-12-1945: Service Date: 20-12-1945: Service Provided: Cremation: Cemetery: Karori Crematorium: Record Number: 6477
(Wellington City Council Cemetries Database)
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| Person ID |
I7094 |
Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen |
| Last Modified |
13 Jun 2011 |
| Father |
Samuel McCallum, b. Abt 1834, d. Jan 1913, Wellington, New Zealand (Age ~ 79 years) |
| Mother |
Ann Ferguson Alexander, b. Abt 1847, Inverary, Aberdeen, Scotland , d. Dec 1932, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand (Age ~ 85 years) |
| Married |
11 Jan 1865 |
Onehunga Parish, Auckland, New Zealand |
- Source
Onehunga Parish Marriages 1860 to 1920
Parish Code 2/23
ALIEXANDER Ann Ferguson, Minor, McCALLUM, 11-Jan 1865 2/23/1
McCALLUM Samuel, Full, ALEXANDER, 11-Jan 1865, 2/23/1
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| Family ID |
F2365 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Emma Gertrude Gidall, b. 1882, New Zealand , d. 8 May 1942, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 60 years) |
| Married |
20 Aug 1902 |
Wellington, New Zealand |
| Marriage Notice |
25 Aug 1902 |
Evening Post, Wellington |
Marriage notice
McCallum-Gidall - On tho 20th August, 1902. al. the residience of the bride's parents, Alpha street, by tho Rev. C. S. Ogg. Malcolm, fourth son of Samuel McCallum, of Kaiwarra, to Emma, youngest daughter of Jacob Gidall, of Wellington.
(Transcribed from the Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1902, Page 6, Wellington)
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| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2010 |
| Family ID |
F2362 |
Group Sheet |
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