Name
Earl Eaton Mckenzie
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/09/1916
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Acting Bombardier
86043
Canadian Field Artillery
10th Battery, 3rd Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Plot III, Row C, Grave 17.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Christ Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Archibald and Sara Eaton MACKENZIE of River John.
Earl was born 21 October 1892 at River John.
On the 1901 Canadian Census, aged 8 he lived in River John, with his parents and seven siblings. On the 1911 Canadian Census, a student aged 18 he still lived in River John, with his parents and two siblings.
Wartime Service
He attested 29 December 1914 at Fredericton, New Brunswick: a machinist aged 22, unmarried, 5’7″ tall, Presbyterian, his next-of-kin his father of River John, Nova Scotia. He was killed in action at Martinsart.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
