LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Lionel Grant MacKENZIE
Service No: 442292
Born: Melbourne VIC, 20 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 July 1943 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit, Mildura VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A29-195), near Mildura, 7 November 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Mildura Public Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Daniel and Alethea Louisa Marie MacKenzie, of Ascot Vale
Roll of Honour: Essendon VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
The DVA record shows Sergeant MacKenzie enlisting from Victoria; however he has a South Australian Service Number (442XXX) and is listed in the SA Memorial.
At 1330 hours on 7 November 1944, Kittyhawk A29-195 crashed 15 kms west of the aerodrome during low flying practice, killing pilot Sergeant MacKenzie.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 9
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1988