MCKENZIE, Alexander
| Service Number: | 27 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | February 1936, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Glen Innes Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 27, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
BOER WAR VETEIRAN.
The late Mr. Alexander McKenzie, of 95 Cleary-street. Hamilton, was one of the original New South Wales Lancers, and left Australia at the outbreak of war in South Africa in 1899: He held the Queen's and, the King's Medals, with enagement, bars. He was also one of the best horsemen in Australia, and won championships at Glen Innes and other shows in the New England district for buckjumping and other events. At the age of 15 years he was commissioned to take 1000 head of cattle through Queensland to the Northern Territory, a task that took 12 months. It was the means of opening up the Territory, and the scheme was backed up by the late Sir Sydney Kidman and Mr. J R. McKenzie. of Furracebad Station, Glen Innes.
The late Mr. Alexander McKenzie was escort to his late Majesty King George V. at the opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament. He also took a keen interest in the Legion of Frontiersmen, a patriotic body formed in 1902 by the late Colonel Jerry Driscoll. D.S.O., of Driscoll's famous Scouts, South Africa. At the outbreak of the Great War the Legion of Frontiersmnen offered their ser vices in a body but they were not accepted and had to join the A.I.F. Of those who joined 9000 were killed or died.