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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Birth:
July 9, 1914
Kincardine, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 8, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
April 12, 1945
Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 11.
Additional information
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.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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Group Photo
As a student of the OSCVI, Mackenzie was a member of the senior rugby team.<P> Photo courtesy of OSCVI Digital Soldier Library. -
Photo of Donald A. Mackenzie
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander Mackenzie, D.S.O.,D.S.C. 48th Highlanders of Canada. -
Photo of Donald A. Mackenzie
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander Mackenzie -
Grave Marker for Donald A. Mackenzie
Grave Marker for Donald Alexander Mackenzie. Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands -
Photo of D. A. Mackenzie in Italy
Donald Mackenzie at Rimini, Italy. -
Photo of Donald MacKenzie
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper Clipping
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Plaque
Plaque in Wilp, Netherlands -
Distinguished Service Cross
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Wedding Day
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute Second World War Memorial. Image courtesy of Owen Sound Collegiate (OSCVI) Digital Soldier Library. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
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 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Donald Alexander MacKenzie
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. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator July 28th 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Donald Alexander MacKenzie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 537 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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