MCKENZIE, William
| Service Numbers: | QX39561, Q59830 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 April 2002, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Cemetery, QLD |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Sep 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, Q59830, Ipswich, Qld. | |
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| 6 Sep 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, QX39561, also Q59830 | |
| 6 Sep 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 6 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX39561, Ipswich, Qld. | |
| 7 Mar 1946: | Discharged | |
| 7 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QX39561 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William was the fifth of six children of Charles Henry MacKenzie (b1888 in Ipswich, QLD) and Kathleen May Gorman (b1881 in Toowoomba, QLD). Charles - a Labourer - and Kathleen married in 1908 in Ipswich, QLD. Charles joined the QLD Railways and worked as a Porter in Ipswich, Goondiwindi and Warwick. Following Kathleen's death in 1924, Charles remarried and settled in Ipswich with his second wife and children.
William was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he enlisted on 6 September 1940. He was a Sergeant (Service Nos:QX39561/Q59830) attached to 55 Field Park Coy RAE when he was Discharged in March 1946. Uncle David John MacKenzie (Private; Service No:457) was KiA in 1916 in France, and brothers John (Jack) Henry (Sapper; Service Nos:QX50717/Q59829) and Leslie (Les) Raymond (Sapper; Service Nos:QX50935/Q11319) also served in WWII.
In 1946 William was in Brisbane, QLD working as a Linesman when he married June Patricia Breen (b1921 in Rockhampton, QLD) - June was working in Brisbane as a Telephonist. William and June settled in Brisbane, QLD where William worked as a Linesman until he retired. William died in 2002 and June in 2019.
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