Alex MacKenzie
Alexander George Greig MacKenzie was an Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of William George McKenzie, and Marian McKenzie, née MacKenzie, Alexander George Greig MacKenzie was born at West Melbourne, Victoria on 13 January 1882.
He married Ethel Cecil Maude Richardson in 1903. They had five children, one of whom did not survive his infancy.
He married his second wife, Jessie Celica Hamilton, née Ewin in 1927.
Football
Williamstown (VFA)
He played his first game for Williamstown against North Melbourne on 1 August 1903.
North Melbourne (VFA)
He was cleared from Williamstown to North Melbourne on 1 May 1907.
Williamstown (VFA)
He was cleared from North Melbourne back to Williamstown in June 1909.
He was cleared from Williamstown to St Kilda in May 1911.
Military service
MacKenzie served in the Australian Army during World War I. He suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and back in fierce fighting near Ypres, Belgium in October 1917, and was repatriated to Australia on HMAT "Osterley" in April 1918.
Death
He died at his residence in East Melbourne, Victoria on 24 May 1947.