MACKIE, Alexander
| Service Number: | 1347 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Rockdale, New South Wales , Australia, 10 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Woodcarver |
| Died: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1962, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Family grave: ANGLICAN 1-27. 135. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1347 | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1347, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1347, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 5 Mar 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1347, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Returned to Australia | |
| 18 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1347, 5th Pioneer Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
62 years ago today, on the 17th July 1962, Private Alexander Mackie, 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion (Reg No-1347), wood carver from Lily Street, Waratah, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. ANGLICAN 1-27. 135.
Born at Rockdale, New South Wales on the 10th October 1895 to James, died 10.8.1934, Mayfield, N.S.W., age 76, buried at ANGLICAN 1-27. 133, from "Yerunga", Prince Street, Waratah, New South Wales, and Mary (Minnie) Kendrick Mackie nee Murray, died 3.12.1934, Mayfield, N.S.W., age 68, mother of 11 (3 sons, 8 daughters), sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-27. 133, from "Yerunga", Prince Street, Waratah, New South Wales; husband of Alma Mary Mackie nee Judd, married 1923, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1974, Sydney, N.S.W., Alex enlisted on the 31st July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 9th November 1915.
Admitted to hospital 30.3.1917 (influenza), 10.5.1917 (septic left foot), 25.6.1918 (inflammation of connective tissues of left finger, severe), 5.11.1918 (not stated).
Commenced return to Australia 5.3.1919.
Alex arrived home on the 23th April 1919, being discharged on the 18th June 1919.
Mr. Mackie’s name has been inscribed on the Messrs. J. Mackie and Company Honour Roll (whereabouts unknown) and the Waratah-St Philip's Anglican Church Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Alex’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother James Milton Mackie, M.M., born 23.1.1890, Rockdale, New South Wales, married warehouseman and accountant from Addison Road, New Lambton, New South Wales and 20 Glyndon Avenue, Brighton, Victoria, enlisted 1.11.1915, 30th Battalion, Reg No-1298, awarded Military Medal 3.9.1917, RTA 1.7.1919, 57th Battalion, Lieutenant, died 31.1.1964, age 74, Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html..., resting at ANGLICAN 1-27. 134.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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