Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of William McKenzie OBE MC OF
and Dorothy Annie (Hoepper) McKenzie
Sister of
Donald William Booth McKenzie, Colin Campbell McKenzie, Gordon Lindsay McKenzie and Jean Gregor McKenzie
Wife of
Kingsley Edward Mortimer MRCS LRCP
— married
1944 in Croydon, Surrey, England
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Mavis Hinemoa McKenzie MB BS was born on 22nd December 1908. She was the only surviving daughter and youngest child of Australian Salvation Army Officers, William McKenzie and Annie Hoepper. [1]
Like her parents, Mavis became a Salvation Army Officer.
She studied at the University of Sydney and graduated in 1941 as Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), becoming a medical doctor.
After marrying fellow medical doctor, Kingsley Mortimer, at Croydon, Surrey, England in 1944, [2] in 1948, the couple established a medical practice at 24 Wickateed Street, Wanganui, New Zealand. [3] Mavis and Kingsley became Salvation Army missionaries to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia); [4] later returning to New Zealand.
Sources
- ↑ New Zealand Birth Index #1909/5426
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Mar qtr 1944, vol 2a, page 1330
- ↑ New Zealand Gazette; accessed 31 Aug 2020
- ↑ Reynaud, Daniel. The Man the ANZACS Revered. Signs Publishing, Warburton VIC, 2015. ISBN 978 1 925044 16 4
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