MACKENZIE, Thomas
| Service Number: | 16133 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1878 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1918, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16133, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Casula | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 16133, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 16133, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 2 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 16133, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16133 awm_unit: 12th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas MacKENZIE (Service Number 16133) was born on 11th June 1878 at Balmain Sydney. He first worked for the NSW Tramways as a conductor in Sydney on 25th October 1900. In 1903 he progressed to electric tram driver, but on July 1910 he had accepted a reduction in pay to become a conductor in Manly. Perhaps the job location suited him as his mother and married sister lived in Manly. Within a few months he had become a driver again and this was his role for the rest of his career. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 23rd February 1916.
MacKenzie had already enlisted at Casula on 7th February. Even though he was more than 36-years-old he was unmarried and gave his mother, Elizabeth, living in Manly, as his next of kin. He was allotted to the 12th Australian Field Ambulance He embarked HMAT ‘Suevic’ on 11th November 1916 and reached Devonport (England) on 30th January 1917. At first, he was attached to the Army Medical Corps Training Depot No. 2 Camp at Parkhouse. He then proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone in March 1917. He was taken on the strength of the 12th Field Ambulance on 15th March.
In February 1918 he was given leave in England and re-joined the unit on 24th February.
He was killed in action in France on 2nd April 1918.
He was buried the next day in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France. Captain-Chaplain S Buckley officiated.
A pension of 40/- per fortnight was awarded to his widowed mother, Elizabeth.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board