Rupert Whitworth McKenzie
Born 14 Sept 1894 - Died 30 Mar 1918
- Service number
- WWI 16428 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper AWMM Imperial Camel Corps, 4th (Anzac) Battalion, 16 (New Zealand) Company AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Rupert Whitworth AWMM
- Surname
- McKenzie AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 16428 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 14 Sept 1894 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 14 September 1894Public - Sue - Researcher - 11 January 2019 - Remuera Heritage http://www.remueraheritage.org.nz/people/trooper-rupert-whitworth-mckenzie-16428
- Place of birth
- RemueraPublic - Sue - Researcher - 11 January 2019 - Remuera Heritage http://www.remueraheritage.org.nz/people/trooper-rupert-whitworth-mckenzie-16428
- Birth notes
- Parents Violet and Norman Roderick McKenzie, a schools inspectorPublic - Sue - Researcher - 11 January 2019 - Remuera Heritage http://www.remueraheritage.org.nz/people/trooper-rupert-whitworth-mckenzie-16428
- Address before enlistment
- 23 Gordon Road, Mt Eden, Auckland.Public - Sue - Researcher - 11 January 2019 - Remuera Heritage http://www.remueraheritage.org.nz/people/trooper-rupert-whitworth-mckenzie-16428
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Norman Roderick McKenzie (father), Birkdale Road, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Oct 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16428 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM School teacher/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Oct 1916-14 Nov 1916 AWMM
Manuka 5 October 1916 AWMM Vessel was Manuka AWMM Trooper AWMM 17th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper AWMM
Imperial Camel Corps, 4th (Anzac) Battalion, 16 (New Zealand) Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Attended Auckland Grammar School, 1910
Manuka then transfer to Morea at Sydney for Suez.
Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).
Next of Kin: Mr N. K. McKenzie, Vancouver, Canada (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - While at the Auckland University College from 1912-1915 doing his teacher training, he was a pupil-teacher at Remuera School in 1912. He was then appointed to be in charge of Mapara School in the Waikato and in March 1915 passed his examination for his teaching certificate. In May 1916 at the time of his enlistment he was teaching at Komata, near Paeroa.Public - Sue - Researcher - 11 January 2019 - Remuera Heritage http://www.remueraheritage.org.nz/people/trooper-rupert-whitworth-mckenzie-16428
- Attended Auckland Grammar School, 1910
About death
- Death
- 30 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria AWMM F. 13 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Second Term, 1918. AWMM
- Private Rupert Whitworth McKENZIE, whose name appeared in a recent casualty list as killed in action on March 30, was an old Whangarei boy, being the only son of Inspector N. R McKenzie, at one time headmaster of the Whangarei Public School. Private McKenzie was educated at this school and the Whangarei High School and on his parents removing to Auckland he attended the Grammar School there. Taking up teaching he went to the Training College and at the time of enlisting was teaching at Komata. He left with the 16th Reinforcements and saw service with the Imperial Camel Corps. A dual bereavement has thus overtaken Inspector McKenzie, as his daughter Sybil died at Birkdale, Auckland, on the 27th ult. (Northern Advocate, 16 Apr 1918)Public - Sandra - Researcher - 10 January 2019 - Papers Past
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
- Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM
- St David's Church, 68 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023 AWMM
- Remuera Primary School World War One Gates 1914-1918, 25 Dromorne Road, Remuera Auckland 1050 AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Imperial Camel Corps Memorial, Victoria Embankment Gardens, City of Westminster, London, WC2N 6PB.Public - Sue - Researcher - 11 January 2019 - WAR MEMORIALS ONLINE
https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112244
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10925557
Further Reference - The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
Further Reference - Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=905
Further Reference - World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/897354/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/897354
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
40: 2 - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
1918, Second term. p.17. - A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
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