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Lieutenant MacKenzie was a Mining Engineer and served in the Great War with 2nd Tunnelling Company, Australian Tunnelling Corps.

Deaths Jun 1950   Mackenzie Daniel C 70 Sheffield 2d 283.

Husband of Eva MacKenzie of Rowan Street, Wangaratta, Victoria
Son of John and Margaret Johnson (nee Smith) MacKenzie. Enlisted aged 36 years 10 month. Daniel gained Military experience by four years at Military Drill School in Scotland. His first practical experience was gained with Scottish and English Collieries. He became Assistant General Manager and Surveyor to the Outtrim and Howett Consolidated Coal Mines in Victoria. The opportunity had given him experience in commercial and executive work and tact in handling large bodies of men under varying sorts of conditions. In 1906 he married Eva Beard in Victoria. Eva was born in 1880 at Lancefield, about 30 miles from Melbourne and was the daughter of Charles and Sophia Elizabeth nee Thomas. Their daughters were Mona Campbell Mackenzie, born 1908 and Margaret Shiela Campbell MacKenzie in 1909 and both were born at Dandenong, Vic. where he was Inspector of Mines. Next-of-kin nominated was his wife Eva MacKenzie and allotted three-fifths of his pay for the support of his wife and children. His religious faith was Presbyterian. The appointment was gazetted in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 158. Daniel Campbell MacKenzie passed away on April 29, 1950 aged 71 years. He was buried at Abbey Lane Cemetery, Sheffield, England.
He was Brother of John Gladstone Mackenzie Killed in Action. Both brothers are commemorated on the Australian War Memorial. Also brother of Nurse Isobel Chloe Mcewan Mackenzie , Also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial.