MCKENZIE, Malcolm Keith
| Service Number: | 408662 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 10 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, 5 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Atlantic Ocean, 17 May 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At Sea Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England , Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 22 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 408662, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 May 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408662, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 17 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 408662, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 5 October 1915 in Kyneton, Victoria
Father Malcolm Richard Woodend McKenzie and Mother Catherine McKenzie.
Wife: Norma Jessie McKenzie, of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
Son - Ian McKenzie (daughter-in-law Pam)
Grandsons - Andrew, Stuart and David McKenzie
22/5/1941 enlisted into RAAF in Melbourne, VIC
Dec. 1942 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten,
Plymouth, England operating with Coastal Command in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Jan. 1943 Plymouth, England. Played in an AUSSIE Rules football match between officers and
airmen of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mt Batten.
***service record needs to be ordered through National Archives of Australia***
Flight Lieutenant in 10 Squadron
17/5/1943 died in flying battle over Atlantic Ocean
No known grave
His name is commemorated on Panel 187 of the Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede, Surrey, England.
His name is commemorated on Panel 100 on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
His name is commemorated with wife Norma's headstone at Ballarat New Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 24/6/2016. Lest we forget.
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