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George Hector MACKENZIE

Regimental number3234
Place of birthPenola, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCivil servant
AddressTusmore Avenue, Marryatville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 10.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Hamilton McKenzie, Tusmore Avenue, Marryatville, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPTE (Acting Sergeant)
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Annie MACKENZIE, 19 Tusmore Avenue, Knightsbridge, Adelaide. Native of Penola, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 32nd Bn and reverted to the rank of Private, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, MACKENZIE George Hector
Red Cross file 1930307

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