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Remembering World War II
Floyd Edwin MacKenzie
Corporal
F/45246
North Nova Scotia Highlanders
May 18, 1921
Roachvale, Guysborough Co., NS
July 1, 1940
Mulgrave, NS
Roachvale, Guysborough Co., NS
19
6 Feet, 1 inch
Medium
Blue
Light
Single
Farmer
United Church
Mildred MacKenzie (Mother) Roachvale, NS
June 7, 1944
23
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, France
XIII. G. 11
Commemorated on Page 373 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 8
Floyd Edwin MacKenzie was the son of Alexander Edward MacKenzie (d. 1938) and Mildred Sophia
MacKenzie of Roachvale, NS. He was the brother of Alexander Cecil MacKenzie and Mildred Elizabeth
MacKenzie.
Floyd MacKenzie served in Canada from enlistment until July, 1941. He embarked Halifax for overseas
on July 19, 1941 and disembarked in the United Kingdom on July 31, 1941. While serving in the United
Kingdom he was appointed to the rank of Corporal on November 13, 1942.
On June 6, 1944 Corporal MacKenzie disembarked in France with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.
He was killed in action on June 7, 1944.
Corporal MacKenzie is buried in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, France.
Floyd Edwin MacKenzie
Sources:
findagrave
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
(photos: courtesy Christina (MacKenzie) Jones
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