Henry McKENZIE

Regimental number10/549
Date of birth26 November 1890
Place of birthHamilton
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTelephone clerk
AddressWairoa, Hawke's Bay
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah McKenzie, Nixon Street, Hamilton
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Guy McKenzie and Sarah Ann McKenzie. Native of Hamilton, Waikato
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Previously reported missing, now believed dead.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body. Attestation Form missing from file.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10925450

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