| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR05631 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
McKenzie, Matthew Stanley |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
McKenzie, Matthew Stanley (Sergeant, b.1890 - d.1915)
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1459 Sergeant Matthew Stanley (Stan) McKenzie, 1 Clearing Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps, Gallipoli, 1915.
Wallet 1 of 1 - consists of one original handwritten letter McKenzie, a first-class cricketer and Australian rules footballer pre-war, wrote to his friend Malcolm 'Mac' Campbell from Gallipoli on 24 August 1915. The letter discusses topics such as enlisting for the war, friends at home, the need for more men at the front, trench warfare, and humour in the trenches.
History / Summary
Stanley McKenzie joined up as a medical orderly tending to Australian casualties on the Gallipoli Peninsula and in 1915 was posted to a Clearing Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. It was there he died of appendicitis in December 1915.