Alastair George MacKenzie
Template:New unreviewed article 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
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- ^ 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.