MACKENZIE, John Gladstone
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Scotland, 23 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Kaniva, West Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery from Glasgow University |
| Occupation: | Surgeon |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 21 May 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension Grave I. J. 23. INSCRIPTION - EVER REMEMBERED |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Captain, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Captain, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 21 May 1916: | Involvement Captain, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-05-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Captain MacKenzie was 29 and the son of John and Margaret Mackenzie, of 238, Bambra Rd., Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He studied at Glasgow University to become a Medical Practitioner with degrees for a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB). He came to Australia. In 1914 he was a medical practitioner at Kaniera, Vic. Also residing there was his sister Catherine Johnstone MacKenzie with the occupation of home duties and later recorded as a nurse. On 11 November 1914 he was groomsman when his cousin, William Smith MacKenzie married Rita Shewring Heriot in Kyneton, Victoria. The following year the unmarried twenty-nine year old applied for a Commission with the A.I.F. The appointment of Captain was recommended the next day with posting to the No.1 Aust General Hospital. Captain MacKenzie embarked from Melbourne, Vic on November 10, 1915 on the transport HMAT A11 Ascanius with the B & C Sections of the 8th Field Ambulance. He is listed as a surgeon and other volunteers were a physician and medical practitioner. The ship arrived at the Suez on December 7, 1915. At Tel-el-Kebir on February 23, 1916 he was transferred to the 15th Field Ambulance then re-transferred on March 8 to the 6th Field Ambulance at Moascar. The unit proceeded to join the B.E.F. in France embarking from Alexandria on March 19 on the transport Londonderry Castle for Marseilles where they disembarked on March 28, 1916. In addition to his medical duties with the Field Ambulance it is recorded that on May 19, 1916 he was detailed as Gas Officer with the 7th Brigade. Two days later on May 21, 1916 Captain MacKenzie was killed in action at the age of 29. After shelling between 07:00 and 08:00 subsequently found dead with both legs Missing he was killed outright.
He was brother of Lieut Daniel Campbell Mackenzie [survived the war and died in Sheffield, England in 1950. Both brothers are commemorated on the Australian War Memorial. Also brother of
Nurse Isobel Chloe Mcewan Mackenzie , who is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial.
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