James Norman Stewart McKenzie

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Regimental number: 
772705
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
August 17th, 1917
Cemetery: 
Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension - Pas de Calais, France - II.D.8.
Commemorated at: 
St. George Memorial Plaque
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Brant
Birth city: 
St. George, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
St. George, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
St. George, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Religious denominations: 
Presbyterian
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
29

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Trenches South West of Lens.

BX September 8, 1917

Private James Norman Stewart McKenzie Reported Killed in Action

Word was received last week of the death of Mr. James McKenzie, killed in action on Aug. 17. Lance Corporal James Norman Stewart McKenzie went overseas a year ago with the 125th Battalion of Brantford. He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, one brother, Gordon; two sisters, Agnes and Lottie, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McKenzie.

BX September 10, 1917

Private James Norman Stewart McKenzie Officially Reported Killed in Action

A telegram has been received by Mrs. Stewart McKenzie of Copetown bearing the sad intelligence that her husband, Pte. James Norman Stewart McKenzie had been killed in action in France on August 17. He was a well-known Brant County farmer and a son of James McKenzie of St. George. He went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion from the 38th Dufferin Rifles as a Lance Corporal, and gave up his stripes to go to France. He had… [Ripped page]