MCLEAN, George
| Service Number: | 504 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Maryville, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tighes Hill Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Battle of Messines, Belgium , 7 June 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 504, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 504, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 504, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 7th June 1917, Private George G McLean, 35th Battalion (Reg No-504), labourer from 10 Harris Street, Smedmore (Maryville), New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Battle of Messines, age 24 years 1 month 2 weeks. Cause of death unknown.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Smedmore, New South Wales on the 19th April 1893 to John Snr (died 10.12.1909, Smedmore, N.S.W., age 63, buried on the Sunday of the 12.12.1909, no funeral notice), and Euphemia G McLean nee McDougall (died 8.10.1932, Wickham, N.S.W., age 80, buried on the Sunday of the 9.10.1932, no funeral notice), George enlisted on the 6th December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
George’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium.
Place of Association – Wickham, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. McLean’s name has also been inscribed on the Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1), Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll, Smedmore School of Arts Honour Roll and the Book of Gold.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription on the headstone at the McLean gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, so February 2017 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of George’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. PRESBYTERIAN-17SE. 55.
Older brother William McLean (Wally, born about 1877, Lanarkshire, Scotland, married miner from Killingworth, New South Wales, enlisted 6.4.1916, 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, Reg No-5793, wounded in action - 5.9.1917 (gas), RTA 1.8.1918, died 6.6.1949, Concord, N.S.W., age 72 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134459200, service record states Died after Discharge, 6/6/1949, officially commemorated 20.9.1949 – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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