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McKENZIE, Donald Roderick
(Service number 34893)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	27/11/1882	Place of Birth	Oamaru,New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	1 August 1916	Age	33
Address at Enlistment	Hakataremea Valley, New Zealand
Occupation	Sheep farmer (self employed)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs D, McKenzie, Hakataramea Valley, North Otago, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Training Unit
Date
Transport
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	21 September 1916	Age	33
Place of Death	Cottage Hospital, Trentham Military Camp, New Zealand
Cause	Pneumonia, Influenza and Measles
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Hakataramea Cemetery, Waimate District, New Zealand
Memorial Reference	Block 14 Lot 8
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Hakataramea War Memorial; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Donald and Margaret McKenzie, Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury. Donald's brother Mr M. McKenzie was present when he died

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Nov 2013); War Census CD (Nov 2013); CWGC (Nov 2013); NZ War Graves (May 2014); NZBDM 1882/16561 (Nov 2013); Archways (June 2014)

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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