MCKENZIE, Trevor George
| Service Numbers: | V58348, VX123431 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1940, 8 Infantry Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 8 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 11 April 1918 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 24 July 2002, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 13 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V58348, 8 Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Feb 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V58348, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 13 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 19 May 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Cairns to Lae per SS Both | |
| 10 Oct 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Lae to Emirau Island (Bismarck Archipeligo) per Cape Victoria | |
| 3 Dec 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 29 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Treasury Island to Bougainville | |
| 7 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF, emplaned ex Bougainville to Treasury Island | |
| 31 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Terakina to Rabaul per Kanimbla | |
| 24 Apr 1946: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF |
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1946: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Rabaul to Sydney per Duntroon |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, VX123431, 8 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Mick was the fourth of seven children of Alexander Cowan McKenzie (b1885 in Elmhurst, Victoria) and Ruby Rose Fairchild (b1891 in Timor, Victoria). Alexander - a Grocer - and Ruby married in 1912 in Ballarat, Victoria. They settled in Ararat and raised their family.
Mick was a Grocer in Ararat in 1940 when he enlisted in the ACMF, serving as a Corporal (Service No:V58348) with 8th Infantry Battalion in Darwin. In February 1943 he enlisted in the Australian Army (Service No:VX123431) and served with 8th Infantry Battalion in New Guinea (19 May 1944 to 10 August 1944) and SWPA - Emirau and Treasury Islands (27 September 1944 to 9 May 1946). Mick was a Warrant Officer II attached to 8th Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in 1946. Brother Eldred (Lal/Alex) Alexander McKenzie (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:128562) also served in WWII.
Mick worked as a Grocer when he returned to Ararat where, in 1946 he married Olwyn Eva Smart (b1922 in Ararat, Victoria). Mick and Olwyn settled in Geelong where Mick was a Grocer and Manager. He died in 2002 and Olwyn in 2014.
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