Victor Arthur MCKENZIE

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Victor Arthur MCKENZIE

Birthplace
Gerang Gerang VIC
Resided
Brisbane
Occupation
Railway Porter
Enlisted
07-July-1915
Place
Brisbane
Age
27
Status
Single
Service No
411
Rank
Gunner
Unit
Siege Artillery Brigade (36th Heavy Artillery Group)
Embarked
17-October-1915
Place
Melbourne
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
Bombardier
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
24-October-1917
Place
Ypres, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial and Toowoomba Railway Honour Board.

 

Victor McKenzie landed in France in February 1916 and was assigned to the 54th Siege Battery. In July 1917 he was wounded in action and hospitalised in Boulogne. After recovering and taking leave in England he re-joined his unit in Belgium in October. Fifteen days later he was killed in action near Ypres.