McKENZIE, Donald Francis
(Service number 47352)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 15 August 1892 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Middle Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Shipping clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Elizabeth McKENZIE (mother), Middle Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | ( June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 25 July 1970 | Age | 77 years |
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| Place of Death | Montecillo Home, Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Donald Francis McKenzie was the only son of Francis McKenzie and his second wife, Elizabeth née Olson. He had an older half-sister, Maria, and a younger half-brother. His father, who died in 1913, had fought in the Crimean War and at Timaru was involved in the rescue of survivors from the "City of Perth" and "Benvenue" shipwrecks. Donald returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 17 March 2018]; Andersons Bay Cemetery headstone image & burial records (Dunedin City Council) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]
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