William Gordon Mackendrick


William Gordon Mackendrick was a Canadian soldier and author.

Biography

Mackendrick was born in Galt, Ontario. He served in the First World War with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In 1916 he was seconded to the British 5th army and promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of roads. He served with Sir. Edmund Allenby in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire.
With the pen name "The Roadbuilder", he wrote religious themed books on British Israelism. He died in Oakville, Ontario in 1959.

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