Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 139 MacKAY, Lawrence Alexander WWII Lawrence, son of George Alexander and Laura Ellen (White) MacKay of Burnside, was born in 1918 and enlisted in 1943 and trained at Yarmouth andAldershot serving overseas with the 1st Battalion, Scottish Regiment and was promoted to Corporal in 1944. He was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1945, and held in a prisoner of war camp for three months. He married Gwendolyn Dean of Dean Settlement, and lived on his home farm in Burnside. Lawrence died suddenly in 1959. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. MacKENZIE, Charles Rutherford WWI Charles, son of John Fraser and Elizabeth (Rutherford) MacKenzie of Halfway Brook, was born in 1892, enlisted in 1914, and went to the front in February 1915. He was at the battle north of Ypres and was badly wounded at Hill 60 and was taken to hospital in England, and stayed in England for about two years. During his time in England, he married Bertha Tugwell. He returned to the front in April 1917, and was killed in action on August 15, 1917. His name is on the Vimy Ridge Memorial as he has no known grave. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. MacKENZIE, John Fraser WWI Fraser, son of John Fraser and Elizabeth (Rutherford) MacKenzie of Halfway Brook, was born in 1891. He was living in California but went to Vancouver to enlist in the Canadian Army and joined the 6th Field Company, C.E. Railway Construction Draft # 2. He went to the front in July 1917 and remained there until the war ended. He married Alice Cullen of California and they made their home there. Fraser passed away in 1978. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. MacKENZIE, Edward Ross WWII Edward, son of Edward and Lois (Rutherford) MacKenzie of Cross Roads, was born in 1912. After his enlistment, he trained as a driver and went overseas in 1943, and served the rest of the war in Continental Europe. Returning to Canada, he went to British Columbia to work, and two years later, in 1947, he drowned in an accident on Vancouver Island. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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