Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Landon W M Sgt 1225 William McKenzie 13 Inf Bn 26 Accountant Single Pres
Address: Brunswick West, Grantham St, 86
Next of Kin: Landon, H father, 86 Grantham St, Brunswick East
Enlisted: 16 Feb 1916
Embarked: A54 Runic 20 Jun 1916
Relatives on Active Service:
Landon-H-Pte-3816 brother KIA
Date of Death: 15/10/1917 Sergt 38 Inf Bn
CWGC: "Son of Harrop and Elizabeth Landon, of 86, Graham St., Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. Native of Deniliquin, New South Wales."
YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
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Extract from Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence.
Sgt W McK LANDON 1225
K in Act. 15/10/17
I knew casualty. He was a man of medium build, about ft 10 ins in height, dark complexion about 26 years of age. Casualty was marching through Ypres at the head of a column when an H E shell landed amongst them killing casualty and four other, also wounding a number. I saw his body immediately afterwards. He was carried back to the Dressing Station at Lille Gates. I do not know where he was buried.
Informant Lieut H H Bowden, 38th Btn
Private Address: "Amondale, Porter Street, Prahran".
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War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
Christ Church Roll of Honour*
Essendon State School * (M Landon]
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours
Australians. Killed. On service
LANDON. -Sergeant William Mackenzie, eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Landon, Currajong, Brunswick,
killed in action in France on October 15.
AUSTRALIANS - ON SERVICE. (1917, November 23).
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1665218
LANDON-Killed in action in France, October
15, Sergeant Wm. Mackenzie Landon, dearly
loved eldest son of H and E Landon, Grantham
Street. Brunswick, affectionate brother of Har-
court and Carlyle, also of the late Private Har
rop, who was killed in action on the 1st Octo-
ber, a nephew of the late Captain Edward Lan-
don, R.A.M.C., and cousin of Colonel Landon,
Heavitree Park, Exeter, England. and the late
Sir Arthur Jermyn Landon, Majuba Hill, South
Africa.
Family Notices. (1917, November 23). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1665149
LANDON.-A tribute of esteem and fond rem-
brance of my sincere friend Sgt William
McKenzie Landon, killed i n action, France,
October 17, 1917, (J R Williamson,
West Brunswick)
Family Notices. (1917, November 26). The Argus
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1665869
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