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Melbourne Victoria [52]

Sydney New South Wales [43]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [24]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13]

Adelaide South Australia [12]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Edinburgh Scotland [8]

Glasgow Scotland [8]

Warrnambool Victoria [8]

Aberdeen [7]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Edinburgh [6]

Inverness [6]

Inverness, Inverness-shire [6]

Kerang Victoria [6]

St Arnaud Victoria [6]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [6]

Wellington [6]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [5]

Terang Victoria [5]

Auckland [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Minyip Victoria [4]

Murchison Victoria [4]

Pittenweem, Fifeshire [4]

Yarrawonga Victoria [4]

Yea Victoria [4]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Belfast [3]

Cobden Victoria [3]

Dublin [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Dunedin [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [3]

Hillston New South Wales [3]

Horsham Victoria [3]

Inverness Scotland [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Liverpool [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Rank

Private [2418]

Serjeant [207]

Gunner [192]

Corporal [173]

Driver [153]

Sapper [128]

Lance Corporal [110]

Second Lieutenant [64]

Lieutenant [47]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Captain [32]

Pioneer [25]

Acting Corporal [23]

Bombardier [21]

Lance Serjeant [20]

Seaman [15]

Major [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Rifleman [13]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Drummer [9]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Worker [7]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Trooper [6]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Bugler [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [497]

Labour Corps [245]

Royal Field Artillery [224]

Royal Engineers [222]

Cameron Highlanders [203]

Army Service Corps [186]

Gordon Highlanders [175]

Royal Highlanders [169]

Highland Light Infantry [165]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [160]

Royal Scots [156]

Royal Garrison Artillery [117]

Scottish Rifles [111]

Machine Gun Corps [102]

Royal Army Medical Corps [90]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [84]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [59]

British West Indies Regiment [55]

London Regiment [55]

Royal Naval Division [53]

Australian Infantry [51]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

Scots Guards [37]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Lovat's Scouts [30]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Royal Defence Corps [28]

Royal Naval Reserve [26]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [23]

Border Regiment [21]

Training Reserve Battalion [20]

Manchester Regiment [19]

Royal Irish Rifles [19]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Royal Horse Artillery [17]

Tank Corps [17]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [15]

Army Cyclist Corps [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Dragoon Guards [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Military Foot Police [11]

Service

British Army [3447]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [861]

Australian Imperial Force [583]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [238]

Royal Navy [234]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [5718]

C [1]

P [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5528]

Merchant Navy [151]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [103]

New Zealand [6]

Australia [3]

Canada [3]

Jamaica [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [52] Sydney New South Wales [43] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [24] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [13] Adelaide South Australia [12] Ballarat Victoria [8] Edinburgh Scotland [8] Glasgow Scotland [8] Warrnambool Victoria [8] Aberdeen [7] Bendigo Victoria [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Edinburgh [6] Inverness [6] Inverness, Inverness-shire [6] Kerang Victoria [6] St Arnaud Victoria [6] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [6] Wellington [6] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland [5] Terang Victoria [5] Auckland [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Minyip Victoria [4] Murchison Victoria [4] Pittenweem, Fifeshire [4] Yarrawonga Victoria [4] Yea Victoria [4] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Belfast [3] Cobden Victoria [3] Dublin [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Dunedin [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire [3] Hillston New South Wales [3] Horsham Victoria [3] Inverness Scotland [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Liverpool [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Rank

Private [2418] Serjeant [207] Gunner [192] Corporal [173] Driver [153] Sapper [128] Lance Corporal [110] Second Lieutenant [64] Lieutenant [47] Acting Serjeant [33] Captain [32] Pioneer [25] Acting Corporal [23] Bombardier [21] Lance Serjeant [20] Seaman [15] Major [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Able Seaman [13] Rifleman [13] Company Serjeant Major [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Drummer [9] Staff Serjeant [8] Deck Hand [7] Worker [7] Ordinary Seaman [6] Trooper [6] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Bugler [3] Nursing Sister [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Sister [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [497] Labour Corps [245] Royal Field Artillery [224] Royal Engineers [222] Cameron Highlanders [203] Army Service Corps [186] Gordon Highlanders [175] Royal Highlanders [169] Highland Light Infantry [165] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [160] Royal Scots [156] Royal Garrison Artillery [117] Scottish Rifles [111] Machine Gun Corps [102] Royal Army Medical Corps [90] Royal Scots Fusiliers [84] King's Own Scottish Borderers [59] British West Indies Regiment [55] London Regiment [55] Royal Naval Division [53] Australian Infantry [51] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] Scots Guards [37] Royal Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Lovat's Scouts [30] Durham Light Infantry [28] Liverpool Regiment [28] Royal Defence Corps [28] Royal Naval Reserve [26] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [23] Border Regiment [21] Training Reserve Battalion [20] Manchester Regiment [19] Royal Irish Rifles [19] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Army Veterinary Corps [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] Royal Horse Artillery [17] Tank Corps [17] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [15] Army Cyclist Corps [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Dragoon Guards [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Military Foot Police [11]

Service

British Army [3447] Canadian Expeditionary Force [861] Australian Imperial Force [583] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [238] Royal Navy [234] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [5718] C [1] P [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5528] Merchant Navy [151] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [103] New Zealand [6] Australia [3] Canada [3] Jamaica [1]

William Thomas Charles Kennedy Mckenzie

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 27098 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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James Mckenzie

Born 1889

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32880 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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Gordon Dacher Mckenzie

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/1498 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alexander Mckenzie

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Hugh Mcdonald Mckenzie

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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James Nathaniel Mckenzie

Born 1879

Died 1923

Australian Imperial Force 6549 Private Show Ground Depot, Dubbo

Australian Imperial Force 6549 Private 2nd Battalion 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6549 Private 2nd Battalion

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John Mckenzie

Born 1885

Died 1917

Private

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32212 Private Canterbury Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32212 Private Canterbury Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Alexander Mckenzie

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45225 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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A C Mckenzie

Born 1896

British Army 14203 Private South African Infantry

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Robert Tait Mckenzie

Born 1867

Died 1938

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ralph Johnson Orpwood Mckenzie

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 301302 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 301302 Bombardier 36th Battalion

Other Empire Force 71st Regiment Militia

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George Mckenzie

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2224 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265696 Private Seaforth Highlanders i/6th 9th Btn

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Stephen Nowell Mckenzie

Born 1895

Died 1997

Australian Imperial Force 3135 Private 16th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 48th Battalion

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Donald Mckenzie

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army S/4950 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Aubrey Or Aulrey O Mckenzie

Born 1896

Other Empire Force Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3645 Private British West Indies Regiment

British Army 3645 Acting Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alexander Mcgregor Mckenzie

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1797 Private Australian Infantry 32nd Battalion

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James Mckenzie

Died 1918

British Army 1710 Private 6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 1710 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/6th Battalion

British Army 265370 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Battalion

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Leslie Mckenzie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant 9th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Edwin Philip Mckenzie

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 4673 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Angus Mckenzie

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 4717 Regimental Serjeant Major West India Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West India Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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