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MCKENZIE, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 444 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, 15 March 1877 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Contractor |
| Died: | Natural causes (cancer), Keswick, South Australia , Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, France, 11 August 1916, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Grave reference: Road 5. Row 5. Grave 15., West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 444, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 444, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 444, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 30 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 444, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 444, 3rd Field Company Engineers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 39.
He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as Great War dead on 12/10/2011
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