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Charles Duncan MacKenzie

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Charles Duncan MacKenzie

Birth
Death
31 Dec 1922 (aged 32)
Burial
Orillia, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 44.6135347, Longitude: -79.4413348
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Charles was the son of Murdock and Margaret McKenzie. He had fought in WW1 and in 1918 he was in Aldershot, England when his brother David took ill and died. Charles contracted tuberculosis in the trenches and died shortly after returning home. On May 25 1918, while on leave, Charles married Mrytle Beatrice Barbour. Charles had only just enlist the beginning of that May. They would not have children.

David and his brother Charles had been joint owners of their grandfather Peter Calderwood's farm in Fairvalley.

MacKENZIE, Charles Duncan : regimental number 3036008,was drafted October 17, 1917. He was single, 29, a farmer in Mara (Uptergove). Born in Mara, a son of Murdoch MacKenzie & Margaret Calderwood. While on leave, on May 25, 1918, he married Myrtle Beatrice Barbour, in the Fairvalley Methodist Church, he had to then return to Niagara, where he was training for overseas. He lost his brother David overseas, his unit had just arrived, allowing him to attend his brother's funeral in England
Charles was the son of Murdock and Margaret McKenzie. He had fought in WW1 and in 1918 he was in Aldershot, England when his brother David took ill and died. Charles contracted tuberculosis in the trenches and died shortly after returning home. On May 25 1918, while on leave, Charles married Mrytle Beatrice Barbour. Charles had only just enlist the beginning of that May. They would not have children.

David and his brother Charles had been joint owners of their grandfather Peter Calderwood's farm in Fairvalley.

MacKENZIE, Charles Duncan : regimental number 3036008,was drafted October 17, 1917. He was single, 29, a farmer in Mara (Uptergove). Born in Mara, a son of Murdoch MacKenzie & Margaret Calderwood. While on leave, on May 25, 1918, he married Myrtle Beatrice Barbour, in the Fairvalley Methodist Church, he had to then return to Niagara, where he was training for overseas. He lost his brother David overseas, his unit had just arrived, allowing him to attend his brother's funeral in England


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