MCKENZIE, Donald Manning Luke
| Service Number: | 3196 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | College at Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Splenic anaemia & Sepsis, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England., 10 December 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3196, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3196, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 10th December…… Donald Manning Luke McKenzie was born at Ballarat, Victoria in 1894.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 21st July, 1915 as a 21 year old, single, Clerk from 108 The Avenue, Coburg, Victoria. His name was listed on Embarkation Roll as Donald Luke Manning McKenzie.
Private Donald Luke McKenzie, Service number 3196, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 26th November, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements.
On 18th February, 1916 he was admitted to No. 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia with Measles & was discharged to duty on 19th February, 1916.
He was transferred to 58th Battalion from 22nd Battalion on 19th April, 1916 & was taken on strength of 58th Battalion from 6th Training Battalion at Ferry Post on 20th April, 1916.
Private Donald McKenzie embarked from Alexandria on 17th June, 1916 on Transylvania to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force).
On 21st June, 1916 Private Donald McKenzie was written up for an Offence while at Sea on H. T. Transylvania – “Disobeying an order in that he was exposing a light after “lights out” on an open troop deck.” He was awarded 4 days forfeiture of pay. He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 23rd June, 1916.
He was appointed Lance Corporal on 7th September, 1916 in France.
On 12th November, 1916 Lance Corporal Donald McKenzie was promoted to Corporal vice Watt – missing.
Corporal Donald McKenzie was promoted to Lance Sergeant on 16th January, 1917 vice Fittell – Killed in action.
He proceeded to England on furlough from 18th January, 1917 & rejoined his Battalion from furlough on 6th February, 1917.
On 4th March, 1917 Lance Sergeant Donald McKenzie was promoted to Sergeant vice 2295 Sergeant Smith to 15th Training Battalion.
Sergeant Donald McKenzie proceeded to join 15th Training Battalion in England for duty on 27th July, 1917 & was placed on the Supernumerary List. He was marched in from France to 15th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 30th July, 1917. Sergeant Donald McKenzie was appointed to Permanent Cadre of 15th Training Battalion on 30th July, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was on Command at R & L Gun School at Tidworth, Wiltshire from 15th August, 1917. Sergeant McKenzie was marched in to 15th Training Battalion at Hurdcott on 15th September, 1917 from Lewis Gun School at Tidworth.
Sergeant Donald McKenzie was selected to attend Infantry Cadet Battalion course in England which was to commence in September.
On 7th September, 1917 Sergeant Donald McKenzie was posted to No. 5 Cadet Training Battalion.
He was admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England on 1st November, 1917 – cause N.Y.D. (not yet determined).
Sergeant Donald Manning Luke McKenzie died on morning of 10th December, 1917 at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. A Post Mortem was completed on 11th December, 1917 by Captain W. Maldon, Pathologist & the cause of death was listed as Splenic anaemia & Sepsis.
He was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England where 22 other WW Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/city.html
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