MACKENZIE, Charles Fleming
| Service Number: | 334 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | 1873, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist |
| Died: | Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1903, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gunnedah Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 334 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 334, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 21 Dec 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 334, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 116 notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Wilcannia arriving Brisbane 15 Dec 1901, discharged 21 Dec 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Charles Fleming Mackenzie enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. J. Mackenzie, Gennedah, NSW. Under his entry on the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs. J. Mackenzie. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 116 it is noted that he directed part of his pay to Mrs. John Mackenzie, Gunnedah, NSW.
He was invalided from his war service and returned to Brisbane in Dec 1901 after which he made his way back to Gunnedah where he held a selection, assumed to be a pastoral property. He was single and living with his mother at Gunnedah when, on 3 Feb 1903, it was reported that he had been attempting to walk across train tracks when he stumbled and fell, losing consciousness, and was later hit by the mail train severing an arm and killing him. The reports indicate he was about 30 years of age at the time.
Charles Fleming Mackenzie was born about 1873, a son to John and Margaret Mackenzie.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516, National Archives Australia- Nominal Roll for 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 116; various newspaper articles, see links).
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