Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Donald McFarlane AWMM

Ingoa whānau

McKenzie AWMM

Nama Hōia

14409 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 13 Russell St., Ponsonby, Auckland AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Mrs. E.E.L. McKenzie, 748 Mt. Eden Rd., Auckland (w) AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

14409 AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Killed whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
• 17 Aug 1942 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Lost at sea on torpedoed transport between North Africa and Italy. AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Donald McKenzie was the son of James and Mary McKenzie; husband of Elsie Edith McKenzie, of Auckland, New Zealand.

He was killed when the Nino Bixio, carrying Allied prisoners, was torpedoed. AWMM

Matenga

17 Aug 1942 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Greyfriars Presbyterian Church, 544 Mt Eden Road (Corner of Mt Eden and Windmill Roads), Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-24Ba.html
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2183942
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.134
• Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• List of New Zealand of war lost on Nino Bixio, 17 August 1942 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, DA 407/13 Box 293 (R20110417)
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.