Private F. N. (Frank) McGee (killed) was formerly employed in the Napier Railway Workshops. He was a son of Mr W. G. McGee, foreman of the Anchor Steamship Co., Nelson, and brother of Mr Alexander McGee, Napier, and left New Zealand with the 5th Reinforcements. In his private life in Napier he took a prominent interest in the St. John Ambulance Brigade, and the Te Awa Swimming Club. He was thirty-five years of age. -Press, 20/5/1918.
I have not been able to find any reference in the Engineers' Official History to the day on which Frank McGee died. His death may have been caused by a random German shell or an accurate German sniper.
FOR HONOR'S CAUSE.
McGee — Killed in action, 2nd May, on the Western front, Lance-Corporal Frank Nelson McGee, 6th Reinforcements, son of Mr and Mrs McGee, Washington Road, Nelson..
He rose, responsive to his country's call,
And gave to her — his best, his life, his all. -Poverty Bay Herald, 31/2/1918.
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