Colin Bruce McKenzie

Private · NZ #17536 · T2 Patrol

What this roll records

New Zealand (A) Squadron, LRDG — T2 Patrol at disbandment, 10 December 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix IV, New Zealand (A) Squadron Disbandment Roll, 10 December 1943).

Patrol T2: "Pte C.B. McKenzie", T2 Patrol. Patrol from Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".

Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Driver

Trucker in civilian life. Embarked/served with 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

AWMM records the forenames as “Colin Bruce” (held here as C. Bruce). Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

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Where this comes from

• AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
• Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 4, p.224. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry.

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