MACKIE, John Daniel
| Service Numbers: | V310254, VX104893 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1921 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Process Worker |
| Died: | Rye, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1986, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V310254, 15th Field Ambulance | |
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| 4 Sep 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V310254, 15th Field Ambulance | |
| 5 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104893 | |
| 8 Mar 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104893, 15th Field Ambulance, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby on board Manunda | |
| 6 Aug 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104893, 15th Field Ambulance, embarked Madang for Townsville on board Van Heutz | |
| 26 Nov 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 10th Field Ambulance | |
| 21 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104893, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Townsville for Morotai en route to Balikapan | |
| 22 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104893, 2nd/10th Field Ambulance , embarked Balikapan for Morotai on board JG Corbett | |
| 1 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104893, 10th Field Ambulance, embarked Morotai on board the Westralia | |
| 28 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX104893 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private John Daniel Mackie (Service No:VX104893) initially enlisted in the ACMF (Service No:V310254) on 9 September 1941 and was attached to 15th Field Ambulance when he enlisted in the AIF 'in the field' on 5 September 1942. Private Mackie served with 15th and 10th Field Ambulance in New Guinea and Borneo and was attached to 10th Field Ambulance at Discharge on 28 June 1946.
John was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1921, eighth of nine children of Thomas Lawrence Mackie (b1873 in Murchison, Victoria) and Margaret Lillian Madigan (b1883 in Melbourne, Victoria). Thomas was a Labourer at Echuca and Margaret a Presser in Melbourne when they married in 1908. Thomas and Margaret lived in Echuca where Thomas was a Farmer before settling in Melbourne in 1914. Thomas was a Labourer and Railway Employee in Melbourne.
Prior to his enlistment, John worked in Melbourne as a Process Worker and Electrical Welder. John returned to Melbourne and was working as a Machinist in 1956 when he married Mary Elizabeth Roche (nee McGrath; b1925 in Bendigo, Victoria) - Mary, a Divorcee, had served in the WRAAF (Aircraftwoman, Service No:111058). John and Mary lived in Ballarat where John was a Labourer before settling in Melbourne. John died in 1986 and Mary in 2010.