Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Soldiers' Association Badge : F B Mackenzie

Gilt and enamel Lifetime Subscriber's badge to the 'Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association of NSW'. The circular badge has a narrow blue enamel border and is surmounted by a king's crown with red enamel detail. The central section of the badge contains blue enamel banners with the words 'TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED SOLDIERS'. A scroll at the bottom contains the word 'ASSOCIATION' in gold on blue enamel. At the centre of the badge is a removable green enamel disc containing the words 'LIFE TPI SUBSCRIBER', which is retained by a pair of bent pins passing through holes in the badge. On the reverse is hinged pin clasp, the impressed badge number 'N14737', and in raised letters the manufacturer's name 'SWANN & HUDSON'.

Frank Baylis Mackenzie was born in Tumut, NSW, in 1919, and after completing his schooling was employed by the Commonwealth Bank as a clerk. After part-time service with the CMF during 1939 and 40, he enlisted in the AIF in July 1940, with the service number NX60064. He was sent to Malaya, serving initially with Headquarters 22 Infantry Brigade, and later with 8th Division HQ. After the fall of Singapore in February 1942, Mackenzie was taken prisoner by the Japanese, and sent to work on the Burma-Thailand railway as part of 'A' Force (3000 men, mostly from 22 Brigade, under the command of Brigadier A L Varley). During this period, he was held in Changi, Moulmein, 18 Kilo, Thanbyuzayat and Kanburi camps. He returned to Australia in late 1945, and was discharged in February 1946.