Service militaire
Lieu de l’enterrement/commemoration
Fils de Donald et Mary MacKenzie.
Galerie numérique de Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
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Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Alex MacKenzie served in WWl in France as a driver and at the front. Although he had trained as a teacher, he preferred the outdoors and engaged in farming, logging and other occupations that involved physical labour. His nephew remembers him as a very strong man. Post war, he and two friends canoed from Fort George, British Columbia to The Pas Manitoba, carrying even a cast iron stove.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Alex MacKenzie and his sister, Grace. He was a shy man and never married. Family members received long letters from him detailing his adventures.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Letter received by family from Army Chaplin.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Alex deducted four years from his age when he enlisted in Vancouver in 1940. He could have served behind the lines, but chose to enter the fighting and died three days after D-Day.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Alexander MacKenzie's grave marker at Bretteville-sur-Laize, France
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
Private Alexander MacKenzie is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Galerie numérique de
Soldat Alexander MacKenzie
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Alex MacKenzie served in WWl in France as a driver and at the front. Although he had trained as a teacher, he preferred the outdoors and engaged in farming, logging and other occupations that involved physical labour. His nephew remembers him as a very strong man. Post war, he and two friends canoed from Fort George, British Columbia to The Pas Manitoba, carrying even a cast iron stove.
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Alex MacKenzie and his sister, Grace. He was a shy man and never married. Family members received long letters from him detailing his adventures.
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Letter received by family from Army Chaplin.
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Alex deducted four years from his age when he enlisted in Vancouver in 1940. He could have served behind the lines, but chose to enter the fighting and died three days after D-Day.
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Alexander MacKenzie's grave marker at Bretteville-sur-Laize, France
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alexander MacKenzie is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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CIMETIÈRE DE GUERRE CANADIEN DE BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE Calvados, France
Le cimetière se trouve du côté ouest de la route principale entre Caen et Falaise (N158) au nord du village de Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize, village et commune du Calvados, est à environ 16 km au sud de Caen. Le village de Bretteville est à 3 km au sud-ouest du cimetière. Les personnes inhumées ici sont mortes au cours des derniers assauts en Normandie, de la capture de Caen et de l'offensive vers le sud (menée d'abord par la 4e Division blindée canadienne et la 1re Division blindée polonaise) en vue de fermer la trouée de Falaise et d'encercler ainsi les divisions allemandes qui menaient une lutte désespérée pour éviter d'être coincées à l'ouest de la Seine. La plupart des unités du 2e Corps d'armée canadien sont représentées dans le cimetière. Environ 3000 victimes de la guerre de 1939-1945 sont commémorées ici.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
L’image du coquelicot est une marque déposée de la Légion royale canadienne (Direction nationale) et est utilisée avec sa permission. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus sur le coquelicot.
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