James Joseph Macilree

1923 - 1998  (75 years)

• Name	James Joseph Macilree
  Birth	28 Jun 1923
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Sep 1998
  Person ID	I85372	First tree
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020

  
  

  Family	Margaret Patricia Shand,   b. 13 Mar 1925, Maritanga Station, Kokonga, New Zealand d. 18 Jan 2016, Whangare, New Zealand (Age 90 years)
  Children	1. John Macilree,   b. Balclutha, South Otago
  Family ID	F74575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Served as a pilot in the RNZAF during the Second World War flying Hudson bombers and Catalina flying boats. He farmed Riverslea near Clydevale in South Otago before moving to Whangarei where he died. (Research):This man's father? James Macilree (died 11 November 1938 aged 46) was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was an engineer and served in the New Zealand Field Artillery during the First World War. He married my grandmother Mary Gwendolen Mosley (11 April 1894-14 October 1979 aged 85) in Wellington on 8 December 1921. Her father was Joseph Mosley who farmed in South Otago and played an active part in local body politics (died 14 August 1941 aged 78). His father was William Alfred Mosley (July 1817-23 October 1889 aged 72) and he arrived in Otago in 1848 on the John Wickliffe. And his grandfather? William John Macilree, a chemist who married Charlotte McQuinton