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James William McKenzie

  • Service number
    WWI 3/911 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Senior Presbyterian Chaplain to the 2nd NZEF Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
      http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Last rank
    WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
    New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM
  • War
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Rev Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Forenames
    James William AWMM
  • Surname
    McKenzie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Service number
    WWI 3/911 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 January 1888 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1 January 1888 Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Place of birth
    Born Woodend, Southland. Grew up at Colac Bay a sawmilling area. Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Birth notes
    His father was killed in a sawmilling accident when Jim was eight. Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Knox College, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 12 Gardiner Rd., Epsom, S.E. 3 AWMM
    • At 12 he became a grocer's assistant. At 21 he decided to study for the Ministry. Began theological studies at Otago in Dunedin. Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
      http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Post war occupation
    Completed Theological Studies at the United Free College Glasgow 1919. Ordained Stratford NZ 1919. Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs Mary Jane Cowan (mother), Kew Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. J.E. McKenzie, 12 Gardiner Rd., Epsom, S.E. 3 (wife) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Egypt, Italy Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Senior Presbyterian Chaplain to the 2nd NZEF Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
      http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Service number
    WWI 3/911 AWMM
  • Military service
    • Enlisted in the Medical Corps of the NZEF, sailed for Egypt and later France was a stretcher bearer Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    • He was an outstanding success due to his friendly manner Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
      http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    Chaplain 1st Class; no other chaplain had ever attained such rank. Public - Clancy - Researcher - 8 November 2017 - Presbyterian Archives
    http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page180.htm

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 458 AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM
      McDonald, H. (2001). p. 198. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
08 November 2017ClancyAustraliaResearcher
27 April 2015AnneNapierOther Relative
25 April 2015Anne ElizabethNapier, New ZealandOther Relative

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