Robert McNeil Crawford McKENZIE

Died: 21st September 1917 - Age: 29

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Son of Robert and Margaret Ada McKenzie, of 102, Princes Rd., Liverpool, England
His older brother, 2nd Lt. Samuel Aubrey, was killed in action on 21 August 1916;

Education & Career :

He was a ships' purser

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Enlisted 18 August 1914; Brisbane, Queensland Rank
Lieutenant
9th Bn. Australian Infantry Division
3rd Brigade
1st Australian Division

he enlisted on 18 August 1914 and embarked with the 9th Battalion as a Private. He was returned to Australia in 1915 following injuries sustained at Gallipoli, in conjunction with neurasthenia. In May 1916 he was deemed to be healed and able to return to duty. He reembarked in November 1916 and rejoined his unit. In May 1917 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Menin Road on 21 September 1917, aged 29. His older brother, 2nd Lieutenant Samuel Aubrey McKenzie, also of the 9th Battalion, was killed in action at Pozieres on 21 August 1916, aged 29.

298 Lance Corporal Robert McNeil Crawford McKENZIE, a 26 year old Ships purser from Woodhurst, Millswood, Adelaide, South Australia. He enlisted on 18 August 1914 and was allotted to the 9th Battalion, C Company which embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A5 Omrah on 24 September 1914. McKENZIE was listed as being in the first boat to land at Anzac Cove and subsequently was Wounded in Action, 25 April 1915. During the Great War, McKENZIE Died of Wounds, 21 September 1917 at Lijssenthoek, Belgium.

Embarked as a Private 17 November 1916;
To France 27 March 1917;
Promoted Lieutenant 13 May 1917

Detail :

Wounded - 20 September 1917
Died of multiple shrapnel wounds at 10th CCS
21 September 1917
Died at the age of 29
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII - B - 7

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TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Harmonic No. 216 E.C.West Lancashire

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