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Athol Everson Cuff McKenzie
Informationen zu Geburt
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Geburtsdatum: 06/02/1894 |
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Geburtsort: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
Allgemeine Informationen
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Beruf: Käse Hersteller |
Informationen zum Armeedienst
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Land: New Zealand |
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Truppe: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Rifleman |
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Dienstnummer: 26145 |
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Einberufung datum: 29/05/1916 |
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Einberufung ort: Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Einheiten: — New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Bn. (Letzte bekannte Einheit) |
Informationen zu Tod
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Sterbedatum: 07/06/1917 |
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Sterbeort: Mesen, Belgien |
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Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen |
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Alter: 23 |
Gedenkstätte
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Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial Tafel: 37 |
Auszeichnungen und Orden 2
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British War Medal Medaille |
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Victory Medal Medaille |
Punkte von Interesse 3
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| #2 | Einberufung ort | ||
| #3 | Ort des Todes (ungefähr) |
Meine Geschichte
Athol Everson Cuff McKenzie lives and workes at the Dalefield Cheese Factory in Carterton, New Zealand before the War. His brothers Malcolm, Douglas and Kenneth McKenzie serve in the Australian Army. Athol enlists in New Zealand in May 1916.
On June 7th of 1917 Athol’s battalion takes part in the Battle of Messines. The German resistance was fierce, but the New Zealand Rifle Brigade managed to reach its objective on the eastern outskirts of Mesen. While consolidating their positions, the Germans counterattacked with artillery, causing several casualties.
Athol is only 23 years old when he is killed. He is buried south-east of Mesen, at Bethleem Farm. When his brother Malcolm is in the area in February 1918, he erects a memorial cross. The cross was found after the war but Athol's body was never identified. Athol McKenzie is commemorated on Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, panel 37.
Athol’s brothers survive the War. The museum holds an original map and an aerial photograph of Malcolm, on which the locations of the grave and cross are noted.
On June 7th of 1917 Athol’s battalion takes part in the Battle of Messines. The German resistance was fierce, but the New Zealand Rifle Brigade managed to reach its objective on the eastern outskirts of Mesen. While consolidating their positions, the Germans counterattacked with artillery, causing several casualties.
Athol is only 23 years old when he is killed. He is buried south-east of Mesen, at Bethleem Farm. When his brother Malcolm is in the area in February 1918, he erects a memorial cross. The cross was found after the war but Athol's body was never identified. Athol McKenzie is commemorated on Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, panel 37.
Athol’s brothers survive the War. The museum holds an original map and an aerial photograph of Malcolm, on which the locations of the grave and cross are noted.
Verwandte, die auch Soldat waren 1
Quellen 5
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Auckland Weekly News, 6.09.1917, p. 41. Verwendete Quellen |
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Austin, W.S. The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). East-Sussex: The Naval & Military Press Ltd., 2007. 193-209. Verwendete Quellen |
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Cundall, Frank. Jamaica's part in the Great War 1914-1918 (London: West India Committee, 1925), 144. Verwendete Quellen |
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Mangaweka Notes, Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, XLI, nr. 11283, 28.06.1917. Verwendete Quellen |
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Photo of the McKenzie brothers (Discovering Anzacs). https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/gallery/159620 Verwendete Quellen |
Weitere Informationen 5
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The NZEF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=169397 |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1738068 |
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Online Cenotaph (Auckland Museum) https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C9750 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7178950 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=0bcb0584-7171-4a6c-ac34-8b43dbce5238 |