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Australian and British soldiers and achieved nothing. Casualties were: 5th Australian Division had 5,513 casualties and the 61st British Division had 1,547 casualties.
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Mackenzie himself was wounded by an enemy sniper on 27 April 1918 while he was visiting the line of the 183rd
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679:. 19 April 1901. p. 2697.
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544:. 17 May 1881. p. 2555.
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393:. He served in the
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