Mackinnon, John Younger

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B.E., Demonstrator in Engineering : Lieutenant, 4th Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli. Enlisting as second-lieutenant 16th January, 1915, and sailing with 3rd Reinforcements 11th February, served at the Anzac Landing and until wounded 5th June, 1915, and evacuated to. No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh. On recovery returned to battn. and served till death. Killed in Action, Lone Pine, 7th August, 1915, and buried in Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac. Second-lieutenant, S.U. Scouts. Peter Nicol Russell, and William and Jane Graham Scholar. Early education at Ballina Public and Sydney High Schools. Later at Technical College and Mort's Dock.

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Early education at Ballina Public School, Ballina, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Sydney Boys High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Enlisted 16 Jan 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey
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Demonstrator in Engineering at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia
1915

Death in Anzac Sector -Lone Pine- Gallipoli, Turkey 7 August 1915

Gender

Male

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