MACLEAN, Thomas Munsey
| Service Number: | 24363 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916, Section 1 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Tonawanda, New York State, United States of America, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commission Agent and Auctioneer and Secretary. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pont d'Achelles, France., 24 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Pont d'Achelles Military Cemetery, France (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 14) , Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 24363, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Section 1 | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 24363, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 24363, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
At the time of his enlistment his civilian occupation was given as timber hewer and he was living in Claymore, Western Australia. His younger brother William was also employed in the same occupation at Claymore. Thomas had also been a Policeman in Ceylon for 5 years.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Thomas had two brothers who also fell; they too, are honoured on the Lairg War Memorial.
Private Alexander [‘Alick’ or Alex] MacLean,
Regimental number 848 of the 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force.
Killed in action 25 April 1915 ANZAC landings, Gallipoli
Commemorated on the LONE PINE MEMORIAL at Panel 35.
Second Lieutenant Kemp MacLean served with British forces [13th Bn. Royal Scots] He was killed in action 28 March 1918 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial at Bay 1 and 2.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlistment date 1 February 1916 at Collie, Western Australia
Emigrated to Australia 1909. Studied at Agricultural College in Scotland (Glasgow?)
Rank on enlistment Corporal
Rank from Nominal Roll Bombardier
Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Section 1, Australian Field Artillery.
He was 33 and the son Donald and Elizabeth (Macpherson) Maclean of Drumliath, Bonar Bridge.
Commemorated along with brothers Alexander and Kemp, on the Lairg War Memorial, and on the Creich War Memorial, Bonar Bridge [shown as Private] and on the Glasgow Sutherland Association Memorial Plaque, Dornoch Cathedral and on the family headstone in Lairg Burial Ground.
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