MCKENZIE, William John
| Service Number: | 1384 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inveravon, Ballindalloch, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom, 5 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Colchester Cemetery, Essex, United Kingdom Grave T. 5. 87. INSCRIPTION - GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1384, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1384, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 27 and the son of William and Elizabeth Grant Mckenzie, of Marypark Cottages, Blacksboat, Morayshire, Scotland.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 5th August......Private William John Mackenzie was born in Iveravon, Ballindalloch, Scotland around 1889.
He came to Australia when he was 22 years old & enlisted on 30th October, 1914.
Private William John Mackenzie, Service number 1384, of 11th Battalion, was wounded in action on 28th June, 1915 at Gallipoli & recovered in Egypt.
He was transferred to 51st Battalion & was wounded in action (2nd Occasion) on 10th July, 1916 on the Western Front.
Private William John Mackenzie was invalided to England but died on 5th August, 1916 in General Military Hospital, Colchester, Essex, England from wounds received in action in France – compound fracture radius & shell wound to leg.
He was buried in Colchester Cemetery, Colchester, Essex, England where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/colchester.html
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