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McKENZIE, James
(Service number 8/3693)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Wharfe St, Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs J. Dale (Friend) North Road, Oamaru, New Zealand
Religion
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 Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company, 10th Reinforcements
Date 3 April 1916
Transport Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns Western Europe 1916
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 15 September 1916 Age
Place of Death Somme, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Memorial Reference VIII. E. 19
New Zealand Memorials 2015 additions to the Tiimaru Memorial Wall

Biographical Notes

Sources

Paul McNicholl's list of additional names for the Tiimaru Memorial Wall (August 2013);Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Nov 2013); War Census CD (Nov 2013); CWGS (Nov 2013); NZ War Graves (Nov 2013); NZBDM (May 2014)

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Related Documents

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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