MCLEAN, Thomas
| Service Number: | 4642 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pentcaitland , Dalkeith, Scotland, United Kingdom, 26 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 January 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Spoilbank Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium Grave I. A. 15. INSCRIPTION YOU ARE AS DEAR TO ME TO-DAY AS IN THE HOUR YOU PASSED AWAY , Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4642, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4642, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 17 Jan 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 4642, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4642 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-01-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted: 28-8-1915, Brisbane, Queensland.
Killed in Action aged 32years.
Son of Robert & Margaret Naysmith McLean
Husband of Jeanette Robertson Jarvis [formerly McLean], Berry Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Qld, later of 153, Crown St., Sydney, New South Wales.
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 144
Dalkeith Advertiser 21-2-1918
Intimation has been received by Mr R McLean, 19 Muirpark, that his son, Corporal Tom McLean, Australian Regiment, has been killed on active service in France. The deceased, who was a native of Dalkeith, was well known in the district, having been employed by Dalkeith Town Council before emigrating to Australia 7 years ago. On the outbreak of war Corporal McLean joined the Australian Forces and was drafted to Egypt. Later he was sent to France, where he had served for about two years and had seen a great deal of hard fighting. A letter has been received from a chum, in which he says: 'Corporal McLean was still asleep in a dug-out when a stray shell burst and the dug-out fell in. He was still breathing when rescued but beyond all possible aid.' A sad circumstance is that he was home at Christmas on 14 days leave and met his death shortly after his return to duty. Corporal McLean has many friends in Dalkeith and was highly respected by all. (Midlothian Roll of Honour 1914-1918)
He is one of three Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Dalkeith War Memorial.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Memorials: Dalkeith Newbattle Parish Church.
He was the eldest son of Robert and Margrate Naysmith McLean of Muirpark; husband of J. R. Jarvis (formerly McLean), of 153, Crown St., Sydney, New South Wales.
At the time of his death, three brothers were still on active service.
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