David McMeeking

For the South African cricketer, see David McMeeking (cricketer).
David McMeeking
Full name David Thomas McLaggan McMeeking
Date of birth (1896-01-30)30 January 1896
Place of birth Alexandra, New Zealand
Date of death 30 August 1976(1976-08-30) (aged 80)
Place of death Dunedin, New Zealand
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)[1]
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
New Zealand No. 266
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1922–28 Otago
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1923 New Zealand 0 (0)

David Thomas McLaggan McMeeking MM (30 January 1896 – 30 August 1976) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, McMeeking represented Otago at a provincial level, and played for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in two matches against the touring New South Wales team in 1923.[2]

During World War I, McMeeking served with the New Zealand Cyclists Corps.[1] He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field as a result of actions on the morning of 1 November 1918 near Saultain in northern France.[3][4] He died in Dunedin in 1976, and was buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "McMeeking, David Thomas - WW1 10875 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. Knight, Lindsay. "David McMeeking". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 13471. p. 2372. 7 July 1919. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. Regimental History of New Zealand Cyclist Corps in the Great War 1914–1918. Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs. 1922. p. 94. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 30 August 2015.


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