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MCLEAN, William Malcolm
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 930 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Qld., 1890 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: | Department of Public Lands Brisbane Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 930, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 930, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Military Cross
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of an advanced post. He remained in this post for sixty hours under continuous shell fire and the most trying weather conditions, which rendered the post a sea of mud, and caused his platoon to suffer the most extreme privation from cold and wet. Throughout the whole of this period his messages were invariably cheerful and his fine personal example had a most favourable influence on his men.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76
Date: 23 May 1918
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