Biographical entry Mackenzie, Kenneth Ivo Brownley Langwell (Seaforth) (1913 - 1955)

Born
25 September 1913
South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died
19 January 1955
Tallong Creek, New South Wales, Australia

Details

Kenneth (Seaforth) Mackenzie was an Australian poet and novelist. In August 1944 he witnessed the Japanese break-out at the Cowra prisoner of war camp, which became the subject of his third novel, Dead Men Rising.

Source

Brady, Veronica. Mackenzie, Kenneth Ivo Brownley Langwell (Seaforth) (1913-1955), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Published in hardcopy 2000, accessed online 23 June 2014.