MCKENZIE, Vivian Claude
| Service Number: | 299 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Cheviot, Yea, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Yea, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yea Primary School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1970, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Wyalong General Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 299, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 299, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 299, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, D Squadron | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 299, 4th Light Horse Regiment, per HMT Port Lyttleton D30 | |
| 23 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 299, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured British Empire Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Val Sparnaay
Yea Chronicle (Yea, Vic. : 1891 - 1920), Thursday 26 December 1918, page 3
ANZACS Returning Word has been received that Trooper Viv. McKenzie, of Cheviot, an Anzac, is expected to arrive in Yea. Trooper McKenzie was one of the first nineteen to enlist from Yea immediately war was declared by England against Germany. Prior to enlisting he was a member of the 15th Light Horse.
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 5 June 1920, page 13
McKENZIE-PAYNTER.-By the Rev. David Henessey, Richmond, Vivian C., eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James McKenzie, Yea, to Edith J., second daughter of Mrs. E. and the late T. Paynter-Berriwillock.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Viv was the second child (and eldest son) of James Alfred McKenzie (b1860 in Yea, Victoria and Emma Macklin (b1865 in Bungaree, Victoria). James - a Labourer - and Emma married in 1891 in Yea where they settled and raised their family.
Viv was a Labourer/Carter when he enlisted in the AIF in August 1914. He was a Trooper (Service No:299) with 4th Light Horse Regiment when he embarked in October 1914. Viv also served with 1st Australian Division Cavalry (March 1916), 22nd Light Horse Regiment (July 1916) and returned to Australia in October 1918. Viv was Discharged in February 1919.
Viv was a Driver in Cheviot, Yea, Victoria in 1920 when he married Johanna (aka Edith) Edith Paynter (b1895 in Ararat, Victoria). Viv and Edith settled at Chillingollah near Ultima, where Viv was a Farmer. By 1930 they had relocated to West Wyalong in the Hunter Region of NSW where Viv was a Farmer. By the early 1950s Viv and Edith relocated to Pine Grove in Quandialla near Bimbi, NSW where Viv was a Farmer. He died in 1976 and Edith died in 1998.