MacKENZIE, James Sutherland
(Service number 7/82)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19 May 1886 | Place of Birth | Toorak, Victoria, Australia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Willowbridge, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | (1) Single; (2) Married | ||
| Next of Kin | (1) Mrs Clarice Mackenzie, Malvern Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; (2) Mrs J. S. MacKenzie (wife), care of Mrs Cursley, High Street, Waimate, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | (1) Main Body; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (1) Canterbury Mounted Rifles; (2) 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | (1) 16 October 1914; (2) 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | (1) Tahiti or Athenic; (2) Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | (1) Wellington; (2) Wellington | Destination | (2) Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 October 1948 | Age | 62 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Sutherland MacKenzie was the son of James Irving MacKenzie and Clarissa Mary Louisa née Cameron. James MacKenzie returned with several other invalided and wounded South Canterbury men, on the Willochra in late October 1915. He married Maud Adelaide Bean on 16 February 1916 at Knox Church, Dunedin, shortly before embarking for the second time.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 March 2018]; Otago Witness, 3 November 1915 (Papers Past)
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