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McKENZIE, Roderick
(Service number 55522)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	04/11/1884	Place of Birth	Cave

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Cave, Canterbury
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs M. McKENZIE (wife), Cannington, Cave, Canterbury
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	35th Reinforcements, C Company
Date	2 March 1918
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Southampton, Hampshire, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	29 November 1951	Age	47 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 39, Plot 418
New Zealand Memorials	Cave War memorial (served)

Biographical Notes

Roderick McKenzie was the son of Daniel (also known as Donald) and Maria Price (né e Auld) McKenzie. He married Margaret Wiseleyon 19 May 1915 at "Balfour Farm", Cannington.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 May 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [03 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [03 May 2017]; Albury Presbyterian marriage transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG records) [03 May 2017]

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