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George McKENZIE

Regimental number1993
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMotor mechanic
AddressBlackwall Point Road, Abbotsford, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs E McKenzie, Blackwall Point Road, Abbotsford, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date12 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 August 1915
Date of death6 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Ellen MCKENZIE. Native of Abbotsford, Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: 3334 Corporal Frank Henry GOLDSMITH, 1st Bn, killed in action, 3 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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