MCKENZIE, Robert Bruce
| Service Numbers: | 395, 1816, 596 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Contractor, Constructional Engineer |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 395, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 395, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 395, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1816, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 28 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1816, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked 596, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1917: | Involvement 596, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
A shipwright from Balmain, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte McKenzie, joined the AN&MEF on 11 August 1914 and served with C Company in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. He was discharged from the AN&MEF in March 1915 and then enlisted in the AIF. 596 Able Seaman Driver (ABD) McKenzie embarked with the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train (RANBT) from Sydney aboard HMAT Port Sydney (A15) on 9 May 1917. He transferred as a Driver (Dvr) to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion on 14 September 1917. While serving on the Western Front, Dvr McKenzie removed two German plaques from a train carrying a German delegation to Trier for negotiations to extend the Armistice. This meeting was held on the 13 December 1918 and was presided over by Marshall Foch. On his return to Australia in September 1919, Dvr McKenzie brought these two plaques with him, one of which is now held in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (see REL42810).
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