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MacKENZIE, William Stewart
(Service number 21859)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	18 February 1895	Place of Birth	Ross-shire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date	3 May 1916	Age	21 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Opuha Gorge, Fairlie
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience	Scottish Territorials - 2 years
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Charles MacKENZIE (father), Wyvis, Ross-shire, Scotland; Donald Grant (friend), Opuha Gorge, Fairlie, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 145 lbs. Chest measurement 34-36½ inches. Complexion sallow. Eyes brown. Hair black. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No vaccination mark. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	17 September 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	22 August 1939	Age
Place of Death	Fairlie
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Fairlie Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Stewart MacKENZIE was the son of Charles MacKENZIE, Ross-shire, Scotland.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 February 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5544 0070758) [12 February 2017]; Fairlie Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [03 February 2017]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [11 March 2017]

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