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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | MACKENZIE |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Charles Fleming |
| Regimental Number | | 334 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Qld |
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B5172: MCKENZIE CF next of kin in Gunnedah NSW.
URL1: photo #334.
URL2: Gunnedah, Thursday [5.2.1903]. Charles Fleming MACKENZIE, aged about 30 years, was killed by the mail train on Tuesday night. The body was found early on Wednesday. Deceased fought in the South African war, and had been residing here with his mother for a few months. At an inquiry to-day a finding of accidental death was returned.
URL3: Mr. Charles MACKENZIE, aged 38, a Gunnedah selector, was found dead on the railway line on Wednesday morning [4.2.1903], near the trucking yards. It is surmised that deceased, in crossing the line on his way home last evening, caught his foot in the signal-wire running along the track, and fell and became unconscious. The mail train at midnight struck him, and severed an arm. Deceased was a single man, and generally poplar. He was a
returned soldier from South Africa.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 516
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 13.4.1901
Goulburn EPP: Goulburn Evening Penny Post newspaper date(s) 7.2.1903
Armidale Chron.: The Armidale Chronicle newspaper date(s) 7.2.1903
| | External Link URL1 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2403213 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98767312 | | External Link URL3 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article185474019 |
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