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Son of Kenneth and Marguerette MacKenzie of Owen Sound, Ontario. Husband of Mary MacKenzie of Toronto, Ontario.
Commemorated on the Lt. Col. Donald MacKenzie Plaque.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
As a student of the OSCVI, Mackenzie was a member of the senior rugby team.<P> Photo courtesy of OSCVI Digital Soldier Library.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander Mackenzie, D.S.O.,D.S.C.
48th Highlanders of Canada.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Grave Marker for Donald Alexander Mackenzie.
Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Donald Mackenzie at Rimini, Italy.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Plaque in Wilp, Netherlands
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Toronto Star 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Toronto Telegram February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Owen Sound Sun Times July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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Lt-col Donald Alexander MACKENZIE 48th Highlanders of Canada on 11 April 1945 in Gorssel. Meeting point near the Molenweg/Veerweg ready to cross the IJssel. The next day during an attack on the village of Hoven, the commander unfortenately dies.
War Diary 48th Highlander of Canada (1944/05-1945/08)
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=928086&new=-8585603877873942696
Crossing river "De IJssel" Gorssel - Wilp as part of Operation Cannonshot liberation North East Netherlands.
Both "A" & "B" Coys reached these objectives by 1400 hours against MMG and SP gun fire. TAC HQ was at this stage in the process of moving to MR 913044 when -Lt-col D.A.MACKENZIE, the Commanding Officer, was killed by a shell and the I.O. wounded.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
From the Hamilton Spectator July 28th 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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As a student of the OSCVI, Mackenzie was a member of the senior rugby team.<P> Photo courtesy of OSCVI Digital Soldier Library.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander Mackenzie, D.S.O.,D.S.C. 48th Highlanders of Canada.
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Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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Grave Marker for Donald Alexander Mackenzie. Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands
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Donald Mackenzie at Rimini, Italy.
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Plaque in Wilp, Netherlands
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library.
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From the Toronto Telegram February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJaklJjTTEI Screenshot 7.33 Lt-col Donald Alexander MACKENZIE 48th Highlanders of Canada on 11 April 1945 in Gorssel. Meeting point near the Molenweg/Veerweg ready to cross the IJssel. The next day during an attack on the village of Hoven, the commander unfortenately dies. War Diary 48th Highlander of Canada (1944/05-1945/08) https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=928086&new=-8585603877873942696 Crossing river "De IJssel" Gorssel - Wilp as part of Operation Cannonshot liberation North East Netherlands. Both "A" & "B" Coys reached these objectives by 1400 hours against MMG and SP gun fire. TAC HQ was at this stage in the process of moving to MR 913044 when -Lt-col D.A.MACKENZIE, the Commanding Officer, was killed by a shell and the I.O. wounded.
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From the Hamilton Spectator July 28th 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 537 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
Holten is a village 20 kilometres east of the town of Deventer, on the main A1 motorway from Amsterdam to Bremen in Germany. Following the A1 motorway, turn off at exit 26 and follow the N332 in the direction of Holten. Follow the N332 until reaching a signpost for Holterberg. Turn right onto the N344 in the direction of Holten, then at the T junction turn left towards Holten and follow this road to the roundabout. Take second exit then turn first right towards Holterberg. Follow this road uphill until you see a green Commission sign pointing to the right. Turn right down the track and follow to the end. Turn left and the cemetery lies along here on the left hand side.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The great majority of those buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland, during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany, and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945. After the end of hostilities the remains of over 1,300 Canadian soldiers were brought together into this cemetery.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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