Charles Ronald McKENZIE

Regimental number2/430
AddressWellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMrs Margaret McKenzie, 55 Upland Road, Kelburn Wellington
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Medals

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When detailed to establish observation in support of an Infantry attack he succeeded in laying a line to an advance position, and proceeded from there through a heavy barrage to transmit by visual. His party of three were successively wounded or killed, and in assisting them he himself was severely wounded.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 18 January 1918

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Main Body

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