Edward MACKENZIE

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MACKENZIE, Edward

Service Number:	2571
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1877
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2571, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2571, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RMS Morea, Adelaide
7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2571, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Adelaide, South Australia
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Bullecourt (First)
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 2571, 48th Infantry Battalion
27 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2571, 48th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Wounded 2571, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

2571 Private Edward McKenzie, 39 Civil Servant and husband of Margaret nee Daly of 71 Archer Street North Adelaide. Embarked at Adelaide on RMS Morea 26 August 1915 as member of 8th Reinforcement, 16th Infantry Battalion. On 11 April 1917 he was wounded and captured at the Battle of Bullecourt, was repatriated to England on 17 December 1918 and returned to Australia 28 April 1919.

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