Soldier profiles

Name : MCKENZIE, KEITH VICTOR
Service Number : VX23075
Date of Birth : 16/10/1918
Place of Birth : BAIRNSDALE, VIC
Known as : BILL
Occupation on Enlistment : LABOURER
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BAIRNSDALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : MCKENZIE, JAMES
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 22/01/1946
Date Died : ??/07/2006
Age at Death : 87
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : MOULMEIN (BURMA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0057 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6207354 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033337 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. Previous military experience with 37th Battalion. At discharge : height 5 feet 7 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Children : no. Marks / scars : scar left side of neck, small scar over patella left knee. Full time war service : A.I.F. 06/06/1940 to 22/01/1946 which included 2056 days active service (92 days within Australia & 1660 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 22/10/1945). War badge no. 109587. Discharge certificate no. 487326.

Service record
06/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
08/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
31/07/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with mumps.
02/08/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal isolation ward, Seymour, Victoria with urethral discharge.
21/08/1940 Transferred from 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria to Puckapunyal isolation ward, Seymour, Victoria with mumps.
23/08/1940 Discharged from Puckapunyal isolation ward, Seymour, Victoria. Tests now negative.
26/08/1940 Discharged from Puckapunyal isolation ward, Seymour, Victoria 23/08/1940. Forfeiture 22 days at 1/8.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
27/07/1941 Evacuated to 8 Australian Specialty Hospital with Not Yet Determined (N.Y.D.) and transferred to X list.
10/08/1941 Discharged from 8 Australian Specialty Hospital and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
10/08/1941 Marched into Pioneer Training Battalion.
11/09/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Middle East.
12/09/1941 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from Pioneer Training Battalion.
08/10/1941 Evacuated to 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station with malaria (malignant tertian) and transferred to X list.
13/10/1941 Evacuated from 2/3 Casualty Clearing Station to 1 Australian Corps Rest Station.
05/11/1941 Discharged from 1 Australian Corps Rest Station to unit.
06/11/1941 Rejoined 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 1 Australian Corps Rest Station.
11/11/1941 Evacuated to 2/1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station with jaundice and transferred to X list.
15/11/1941 Evacuated from 2/1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station to 2 British Casualty Clearing Station.
16/11/1941 Evacuated from 2 British Casualty Clearing Station to 7 Australian General Hospital with jaundice.
22/11/1941 Evacuated from 7 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot with hepatitis.
01/12/1941 Discharged from 1 Australian Convalescent Depot and transferred to Pioneer Training Battalion.
01/12/1941 Marched into Pioneer Training Battalion ex 1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
18/12/1941 Marched out to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
20/12/1941 Taken on strength from Pioneer Training Battalion Australian Imperial Forces.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action.
30/04/1942 Reported Battalion casualty.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java and transferred to X list.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
24/12/1942 Promoted to Corporal.
22/12/1943 Reported prisoner of war.
20/08/1945 Alive in Siam (Thailand). Recovered from Japanese.
06/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on M.V. Highland Brigade.
21/10/1945 Disembarked Melbourne, Victoria.
07/12/1945 Discharged to Prisoner of War Wing, 124 Australian General Hospital Watsonia, Victoria.
07/12/1945 Marched into General Details Depot, Victoria ex 124 Australian General Hospital.
07/01/1946 Admitted from General Details Depot to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria with severed tendons left hand.
14/01/1946 Discharged to Prisoner of War Wing Watsonia, Victoria.
21/01/1946 Marched out from General Details Depot to Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot, Victoria.
21/01/1946 Marched in for discharge ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
22/01/1946 Discharged.