MACKENZIE, Donald
| Service Number: | 77 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Wounds, Military Hospital, Devonport, England, United Kingdom, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 23 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Edinburgh (North Merchiston) Cemetery Edinburgh (North Merchiston) Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 77, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 77, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 77, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound right thigh |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 22nd September…… Private Donald (Daniel) MacKenzie was born around 1886 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th August, 1914 under the name of “Daniel McKenzie”, stating he was a 28 year old Grocer from Neutral Bay, Sydney, NSW.
Private “Daniel McKenzie” embarked from Sydney on HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 18th October, 1914 with 2nd Infantry Battalion “A” Company. He embarked to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on “Derfflinger” on 5th April, 1915.
Private “Daniel McKenzie” was wounded while on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 8th August, 1915. He was dangerously wounded with a bomb wound to the right thigh & was transferred to No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Mudros on 16th August, 1915.
Private “Daniel McKenzie” was invalided to England on 27th August, 1915 on board the Hospital Ship “Cawdor Castle.”
Private “Daniel McKenzie” died on 22nd September, 1915 at Military Hospital, Devonport, England from wounds received in action at Gallipoli.
He was buried in North Merchiston Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland in private ground – Plot number D. 856 and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/north-merchiston.html
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted and served under alias Daniel McKENZIE
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