MACKEE, Kenneth Andrew

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Rank: 
Troop Sergeant Major (later Second Lieutenant)
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
929175
320790
Born: 
Friday, June 18, 1909
Died : 
Friday, October 23, 1987
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Mackee RAOC
Kenneth Andrew Mackee from Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, was attested into the Royal Artillery in 1939 [1][1a].
  • Volunteered for the Commandos and attached to No.6 Commando [2][4].
  • 26 February 1943 (Battle of Steamroller Farm) (Sergeant) wounded during operations in North Africa [2]. 
  • 20 May 1944 commissioned Second Lieutenant, R.A.O.C. [3].
  • Post war member of the Commando Association (Staffordshire), final rank in the Commandos TSM [4].
Sources
[1] Royal Artillery Attestation Register for 1939.
[1a] The 1939 Register.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/58.
[3] London Gazette 36638, page 3613.
[4] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 86 issued March 1988.
[Image] Taken after commission courtesy of his son Gordon Mackee.
 
Additional content: 
'Battle of Steamroller Farm'
Archive pages : 
No 6 Commando

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