James Mackay (rugby union)

James Douglas Mackay MBE (21 September 1905 – 23 December 1985) was a New Zealand rugby union player.

A wing three-quarter, Mackay represented Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1928.

[2] During World War II he served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) as an education officer.

[1] In October 1940 he was granted an honorary commission with the rank of flight lieutenant in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the RNZAF.

[5] In the 1946 New Year Honours Mackay was appointed a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire.