Please answer the following question: Facts: - death date: 28 april 1945 - allegiance: australia - rank: lieutenant - awards: military cross - birth date: june 1895 - unit: no. . 2 squadron afc 41 squadron rfc , no. 68 squadron rfc/no - name: robert william mckenzie - branch: medical corps ; aviation - death place: sydney , new south wales - birth place: adelaide , australia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert mckenzie -lrb- aviator -rrb- .
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lieutenant robert william mckenzie -lrb- june 1895 -- 28 april 1945 -rrb- was a world war i flying ace credited with six aerial victories .mckenzie was a chemist in his home town of adelaide , australia before joining the australian army medical corps once world war i began .he transferred into the australian flying corps , undertook pilot 's training , and in september 1917 was posted to no. 2 squadron raaf -lrb- originally referred to by british authorities as no. 68 squadron raf -rrb- .mckenzie scored his first victory while piloting an airco dh .5 ; he destroyed a german albatros d.v on 1 december 1917 .his unit then re-equipped with royal aircraft factory se .5 as .mckenzie used the upgraded machines to score five victories in just over a month , from 19 february through 23 march 1918 ; his final tally was one enemy observation plane set afire in midair , three albatros d.vs and an observation plane destroyed , and one observation plane sent down out of control .he was then posted to rfc home establishment for the remainder of the war .he died in a boating accident in 1945 .