Mackenzie Murdoch Captain 67398 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Mackenzie Murdoch
|Army number=67398
|Rank=Captain
|Decorations=M.B.E.- gazetted 6/6/1946.
|Date of birth=
|Unit=Commissioned in the Royal Artillery. Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp.
|Company/Battery=
|Task or role=
|Promotions=Major
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
|Died/Killed in action=
|Home address=No family information as yet.
}}

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		+	We are grateful to James Pasby for his research using the British Newspaper Archive.

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 |Army number=67398
 |Rank=Captain
-|Decorations=M.B.E.- gazetted 6/6/1946.
+|Decorations=Service Awards.  M.B.E.- gazetted 6/6/1946.  Territorial Decoration and 1st Clasp gazetted 21/4/1950.
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=18/9/1909 at South Shields.
-|Unit=Commissioned in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp.
+|Unit=Commissioned in the Royal Artillery - date not yet ascertained but probably 1936.  Served In Northern France with the B.E.F.  Returned to the UK. Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Field Regiment converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Served Singapore 1942.  Taken Prisoner of War by Japanese forces. Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp.  Repatriated to the UK.
-|Company/Battery=
+|Company/Battery=A Battery.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Probably Battery Commander.
-|Promotions=Major
+|Promotions=Temporary Major.  Relinquished Commission 11/2/1950 and granted the Honorary Rank of Major.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Died January 1983 - death registered in Newcastle upon Tyne Q1 1983.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
+|Home address=IN the 1911 he is listed as 1 year old and living with his parents - Murdoch and Euphemia Findlay MacKenzie at 73 Eglesfield Road, South Shields.   In the 1921 Census he is listed as 11 years and 9 months old and living with both parents at 75 Eglesfield Road, South Shields.  In the 1939 General Register his mother appears to be living at Aberfeldy, 47 Oxford Avenue, South Shields, while he was working in Sunderland as a Pharmacist.
 |Image Name=MAJOR_MURDOCH_MACKENZIE_MBE_A_BATTERY.JPG
 |Image Title=Major Mackenzie