MACKENZIE, Norman Dundonnell
| Service Number: | 1351 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, El Mazar, Egypt, 17 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 70 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nowra St Andrew's Presbyterian Church War Memorial Tower and Honour Roll, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warwick Farm, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1351, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1351, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 17 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1351, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1351 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-09-17 |
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Norman Dundonnell MACKENZIE was born in 1892 in Nowra, NSW
His parents were Hugh MacKENZIE and Bella Mary BIDDULPH who married in 1876 in Shoalhaven, NSW, (Hugh was from Dundonnell, Rosshire, Scotland).
He had previus service for 1 year in the Sydney Grammar School Cadets - he enlisted on 7th August, 1915 with the Australian Army - he was with the 7th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcements - Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Themistocles on 5th October, 1915
Norman died of wounds received in action (gunshot wound to his head) at the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance on 17th September, 1917 - he was first buried at Hod el Fatir and then reburied at Kantara Cemetery
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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