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    William Arthur Mackenzie was a 28-year old lieutenant in the 1st Western Ontario Battalion of the Canadian infantry who died on November 6, 1917 during the Second Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. The 1st Battalion participated in the Second Battle of Passchendaele along the Western Front as part of the 1st Canadian Division and 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. The Canadian Corps launched multiple assaults during the battle, achieving their objectives, until they captured Passchendaele on November 6th and gained control of the remaining high ground a few days later, ending the Second Battle of Passchendaele.

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    William Arthur Mackenzie was a 28-year old lieutenant in the 1st Western Ontario Battalion of the Canadian infantry who died on November 6, 1917 during the Second Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. The 1st Battalion participated in the Second Battle of Passchendaele along the Western Front as part of the 1st Canadian Division and 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. The Canadian Corps launched multiple assaults during the battle, achieving their objectives, until they captured Passchendaele on November 6th and gained control of the remaining high ground a few days later, ending the Second Battle of Passchendaele.

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    William Arthur Mackenzie was a 28-year old lieutenant in the 1st Western Ontario Battalion of the Canadian infantry who died on November 6, 1917 during the Second Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. The 1st Battalion participated in the Second Battle of Passchendaele along the Western Front as part of the 1st Canadian Division and 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade. The Canadian Corps launched multiple assaults during the battle, achieving their objectives, until they captured Passchendaele on November 6th and gained control of the remaining high ground a few days later, ending the Second Battle of Passchendaele.

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    The story of William Arthur Mackenzie.

    William Arthur Mackenzie was a Lieutenant (acting captain) in the 1st


    Western Ontario Battalion of the Canadian infantry. He was the son of J.W.
    Mackenzie who was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and husband
    of Christina Mackenzie. He died at an age of 28 on 6 November 1917 in
    the Second Battle of Passchendaele in the third stage. His cause of death
    is unknown. He is now buried in Tyne Cot cemetery, Belgium. His grave
    reference is XXXV J. 22. The 1st battalion was made on 2 September 1914.
    Later on it became part of the 1st Canadian division, 1st Canadian Infantry
    Brigade where it participated in the second battle of Passchendaele along
    the Western front. In the second battle of Passchendaele the British Fifth
    army made small operations from 20-22 October to keep pressure on the
    Germans and to support the French assault on La Malmaison. Meanwhile
    the Canadian Corps prepared for a sequence of assaults. The Canadians
    took over the II Anzac Corps on 18 October. The Canadian Operation
    planned 3 assaults. They were on 26 October, 30 October and 6
    November. On 26 October the 3rd division achieved its goal at Wolf Copse
    then returned to its northern flank to join with the fifth army. The 4th
    division also achieved its goal but it was forced to slowly retreat from
    Decline Copse because of German counter-attacks. On 30 October the 3rd
    division captured Vapour Farm. On 6 November the 1st and 2nd division
    reached their final goals and Passchendaele was captured. The Canadian
    Corps launched a final assault on 10 November to get control of the
    leftover high ground north of the village near Hill 52. This assault ended
    the Second Battle of Passchendaele.

    Sources
    http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtualwar-memorial/detail/463795
    http://canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=27501
    http://www.canadaatwar.ca/memorial/world-war-i/81266/lieutenantwilliam-arthur-mackenzie/
    http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/463795/MACKENZIE,
    %20WILLIAM%20ARTHUR

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