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McKenzie, James Bradner (3866)

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC

Age: 34 years 9 months

Enlistment Details: Friday, 9 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 3866            view online service record

Address:
46 Crockford Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Next of Kin:
Ellen McKenzie (wife)
46 Crockford Street
Port Melbourne, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 23 November 1915
Ship: HMAT Ceramic A40
Port: Adelaide, SA
Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion – 12th Reinforcements

Fate:
RTA: Saturday, 12 April 1919
Discharged: Monday, 28 July 1919


A letter from James in France to his wife Ellen was published in the Standard on 9 December 1916.

This would be a bonzer place only for the German bands – I mean their big guns and bombs – some of the latter are as big as oil drums.

1916 ‘LETTERS FROM FRANCE.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 9 December, p. 4. , viewed 24 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168265

1916 ‘FRITZ DOES NOT LIKE BEING PUSHED.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 9 December, p. 4. , viewed 24 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168249

1916 ‘”DUGOUT TO LET.”‘, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 9 December, p. 4. , viewed 24 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168247

 

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