Education Department of Western Australia medallion awarded to Irvine McKenzie, Albany 1905

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1905

Overview

Western Australia Education Department Medal for punctual attendance every school day awarded to Irvine McKenzie in 1905.
The circular medallion is made from a silver tone metal featuring a central image of a swan swimming from right to left with the words 'Education Department' above and 'Western Australia' below around the circumference.
On the reverse are the words 'Awarded to' and 'For punctual attendance every school day' above and below the engraved name, Irvine McKenzie. The date '1906' is engraved at the bottom.
The egde of the medallion is raised on both sides and the rim is plain.
There is small hole through which a metal loop is threaded for attachment.

Historical information

irvine Cecil McKenzie was born in Albany on 18 January 1894, to Cuthbert William McKenzie and his wife, Grace Cheyne Moir. Both parents come from prominent Albany families. Cuthbert McKenzie was a councillor of the Municipality of Albany from 1888 until 1898 and was mayor for seven of the years between 1898 and 1908. He was appointed a justice of the peace for the Plantagenet district in 1898 and for the whole state in 1907. Grace Cheyne Moir came from Cape Riche and there are many local landmarks and places named after her family.
irvine McKenzie would have been 11 years of age when he received the school attendance medallion. He went on to serve with the 10th Light Horse Regiment during World War One. He was a 22 year old assistant surveyor when he signed up on 17 February 1915 - service number 1031. His unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A63 Karoola on 25 June 1915. He served at Gallipoli from October 1915 and then was part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
He returned to Australia on board the HMT Oxfordshire, disembarking at Fremantle on 4 August 1919.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW00829

Item type

Themes