MCKENZIE, Kenneth Fraser
| Service Number: | 3208 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 6 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Victorian Teachers' Training School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher (Head teacher) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coburg Harrriers Club Roll of Honor, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3208, Depot Battalion | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3208, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 3208, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3208, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3208 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Lance-Corporal Kenneth F. McKenzie, son of Mrs. J. McKenzie, of 68 Wheatland-road, Malvern, was born on the 6th of November, 1886, and he joined the service as a junior teacher at Victoria Park School, Collingwood, in 1906. He was head teacher at Sandy Creek in 1912, and at Lardner in 1915. He is recorded as a very good teacher, decisive and prompt.
He enlisted on the 31st of July, 1915, and embarked with the 7th Reinforcements to the 21st Battalion. While training at Tel-el-Kebir, in Egypt, he was transferred to the 60th Battalion on the 26th of February, 1916, and, on the 13th of April, was appointed Lance-Corporal. He went to France with this unit on the 18th of June, and was killed at Fleurbaix on the 19th of July."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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