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Daniel McKENZIE

Regimental number2851
Place of birthNerang, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressNerang, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Daniel McKenzie, Nerang, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 August 1915
Place of enlistmentEnoggera, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 25 September 1919
Discharge date14 November 1920
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 22 December 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 3 March 1917; marched into 11th Training Bn, 6 March 1917.

Admitted to hospital, 8 April 1917 (mumps); discharged to duty, 26 April 1917.

Found guilty, 5 June 1917, of being absent without leave from midnight, 31 May 1917, until 1235 hours, 2 June 1917: awarded 14 days' confined to barracks.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 June 1917; marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Rouelles, 26 June 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 11 July 1917; taken on strength of 42nd Bn, 13 July 1917.

Wounded in action, 1 June 1918; admitted to No 10 Australian Field Ambulance, 4 June 1918 (shrapnel wound, left leg); transferred to No 5 Casualty Clearing Station, 4 June 1918; to No 41 Ambulance Train, 7 June 1918; to No 1 Australian General Hospital, 8 June 1918; to England, 13 June 1918; to Bath War Hospital, 14 June 1918 (left leg amputated through upper third of tibia); to No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 6 August 1918; discharged to furlough, 24 September 1918.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 18 October 1918 (venereal disease); discharged, 19 November 1918, and marched into Central Training Depot, Parkhouse, the same day; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 33 days.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 23 November 1918 (venereal disease); discharged, 1 February 1919, and marched into Central Training Depot, Parkhouse, the same day; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 71 days.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 13 February 1919.

Found guilty, 1 April 1919, of being absent without leave from 1800 hours, 3 March 1919, until 2200 hours, 16 March 1919: award, admonished and total forfeiture of 14 days' pay.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 23 June 1919 (venereal disease); transferred to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 August 1919; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 57 days.

Tried by District Court Martial, 22 August 1919, of being absent without leave from 26 March 1919, until 2345 hours, 16 June 1919; found guilty: awarded 30 days' detention.

Discharged from No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 26 August 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Denison', 25 September 1919, and unexpired portion of detention remitted; disembarked Melbourne, 18 November 1919, and reported absent without leave and failed to re-embark for Sydney; discharged Brisbane (medically unfit), 14 November 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death30 April 1924
Age at death28
Place of burialAIF Cemetery (6 East 6), West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, McKENZIE Daniel

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