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'''Alastair George MacKenzie''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Military Cross|MC]] (1915 – 1989) was an important figure in [[Southeast Asia|South East Asian]] insurance during the 1960s and 1970s, head of the [[CGU plc|Commercial Union Assurance Company]] in the region, President of Singapore Rugby Union (1956-58), President of Malayan Rugby Union (1960-61) and a Council Member of the British Association of Singapore (1957-66).<ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kn4uAQAAIAAJ&q=Alastair+George+Mackenzie+CBE+singapore&dq=Alastair+George+Mackenzie+CBE+singapore&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIzLmZ89uPyQIVg38aCh3aCw_9|title=Who's who in Malaysia and Guide to Singapore|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com1">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6cCAAAAMAAJ&q=singapore+bedford+modern&dq=singapore+bedford+modern&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAmoVChMI4-KSndqPyQIVh1caCh1O-Qd6|title=The Who's who in Malaysia|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="iwm.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030002116|title=Private Papers Lieutenant G MacKenzie CBE MC (Documents.208)|work=Imperial War Museums|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com2">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39YiAQAAIAAJ&dq=Alastair+George+Mackenzie+CBE+insurance&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Alastair+George+Mackenzie|title=Who's who in British Finance|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com3">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6cCAAAAMAAJ&dq=alastair+george+Mackenzie+singapore&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=major+retired|title=The Who's who in Malaysia|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in 1946 for valour shown in the service of the [[Royal Malay Regiment]] at the fall of [[Singapore]] in 1942<ref name="google.com4">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqNuAAAAMAAJ&q=alastair+george+mackenzie+MC+225856&dq=alastair+george+mackenzie+MC+225856&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIlp7MkeWPyQIVQlUaCh3RCAVf|title=The Malayan emergency revisited 1948-1960|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> and was made [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1967 for services to insurance.<ref name="thegazette.co.uk">https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44210/supplement/21/data.pdf</ref> |
'''Alastair George MacKenzie''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Military Cross|MC]] (1915 – 1989) was an important figure in [[Southeast Asia|South East Asian]] insurance during the 1960s and 1970s, head of the [[CGU plc|Commercial Union Assurance Company]] in the region, President of Singapore Rugby Union (1956-58), President of Malayan Rugby Union (1960-61) and a Council Member of the British Association of Singapore (1957-66).<ref name="google.com">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kn4uAQAAIAAJ&q=Alastair+George+Mackenzie+CBE+singapore&dq=Alastair+George+Mackenzie+CBE+singapore&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIzLmZ89uPyQIVg38aCh3aCw_9|title=Who's who in Malaysia and Guide to Singapore|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com1">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6cCAAAAMAAJ&q=singapore+bedford+modern&dq=singapore+bedford+modern&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAmoVChMI4-KSndqPyQIVh1caCh1O-Qd6|title=The Who's who in Malaysia|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="iwm.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030002116|title=Private Papers Lieutenant G MacKenzie CBE MC (Documents.208)|work=Imperial War Museums|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com2">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39YiAQAAIAAJ&dq=Alastair+George+Mackenzie+CBE+insurance&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Alastair+George+Mackenzie|title=Who's who in British Finance|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.com3">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6cCAAAAMAAJ&dq=alastair+george+Mackenzie+singapore&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=major+retired|title=The Who's who in Malaysia|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in 1946 for valour shown in the service of the [[Royal Malay Regiment]] at the fall of [[Singapore]] in 1942<ref name="google.com4">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DqNuAAAAMAAJ&q=alastair+george+mackenzie+MC+225856&dq=alastair+george+mackenzie+MC+225856&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIlp7MkeWPyQIVQlUaCh3RCAVf|title=The Malayan emergency revisited 1948-1960|work=google.com|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref> and was made [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 1967 for services to insurance.<ref name="thegazette.co.uk">https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44210/supplement/21/data.pdf</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:15, 14 November 2015
Alastair George MacKenzie CBE MC (1915 – 1989) was an important figure in South East Asian insurance during the 1960s and 1970s, head of the Commercial Union Assurance Company in the region, President of Singapore Rugby Union (1956-58), President of Malayan Rugby Union (1960-61) and a Council Member of the British Association of Singapore (1957-66).[1][2][3][4][5] He was awarded the Military Cross in 1946 for valour shown in the service of the Royal Malay Regiment at the fall of Singapore in 1942[6] and was made CBE in 1967 for services to insurance.[7]
Life
Alastair George MacKenzie was born on 31 October 1915.[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Northampton School.[2]
MacKenzie emigrated to the Far East in 1938 where he joined the Commercial Union Assurance Company.[8] During World War II he served as a subaltern with the carrier platoon of the 1st Battalion of the The Royal Malay Regiment during the final days of the defence of Singapore in February 1942.[3] An account of his experience is held at the Imperial War Museum, ‘emphasising the unit's determined resistance to the Japanese almost up to the time of the capitulation’.[3] He was awarded the Military Cross.[6] He continued his involvement with the Singapore Volunteer Corps achieving the rank of Major.[5]
After the War, MacKenzie resumed his work in South East Asia with the Commerical Union Assurance Company.[9] He was elected Chairman of the Motor Insurance Association of Malayan and Borneo, a position he held between 1955 and 1956.[9] He was later head of the Commerical Union Assurance Company in South East Asia.[10]
Outside of insurance, MacKenzie was President of Singapore Rugby Union (1956-58), President of Malayan Rugby Union (1960-61) and a Council Member of the British Association of Singapore (1957-66).[1][2][3][4][5] He was Chairman of Tanglin School (1958-61) and Chairman of Raeburn Park School (1959-67).[5]
MacKenzie was made CBE in 1967 for services to insurance.[7] He died in Bunbury, Oxfordshire in 1989.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Who's who in Malaysia and Guide to Singapore". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "The Who's who in Malaysia". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Private Papers Lieutenant G MacKenzie CBE MC (Documents.208)". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Who's who in British Finance". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "The Who's who in Malaysia". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b "The Malayan emergency revisited 1948-1960". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44210/supplement/21/data.pdf
- ^ "Who's who in British Finance". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b "The Who's who in Malaysia". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Who's who in Malaysia and Guide to Singapore". google.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2015.