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MCLEAN, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4238 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bangerang, Victoria, Australia, 18 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bangerang, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bangerang State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4238, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4238, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4238, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alexander ‘Sam’ McLean was born and raised at Bangerang, about 20 kilometers north east of Warracknabeal. He and his brother Charles both enlisted on the 27 July 1915 and were given consecutive regimental numbers in the 5th Battalion. According to their Red Cross Files they were both killed within a few minutes of one another when they were shot in the trenches of Pozieres.
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