Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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John Kincaid Mackenzie
Military Information
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- Service no: N/A
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
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- Regiment/Service: Border Regiment
- Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 26
- Date of Death: 27.05.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Soissons Memorial
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Personal Information
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- Mother:
Annie Sang Mackenzie, “Riverview” Wormit
- Father:
Frederick Thomas Mackenzie
- Siblings:
Frederick, Alexander, Mary, Rachael & Janet
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More about John Kincaid Mackenzie
For reasons unknown John is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour but is remembered on the Morgan Academy Honour Roll. Killed while on patrol duty, John Mackenzie was a graduate in Arts of St Andrews University. Before enlisting as a private in the Black Watch he was a student studying for the ministrty of the Epicopal Church in Scotland. John was one of two sons of Mr and Mrs Mackenzie, Riverview, Wormit.
John was the brother of Lieutenant Frederick Thomas Mackenzie, 169th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who died 23.03.1918.
Information supplied by Gary Thomson
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