MCLEAR, Christopher Henry
| Service Number: | 794 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dromana, Victoria, Australia, November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dromana War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 794 | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 794, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 794, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 794, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 794 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Janet McLEAR of Dromana, Vic.
McLEAR.—On the 19th July, 1916, killed in action (previously reported missing), Private C. H. McLear (Harry), dearly beloved third eldest son of John and the late Janet McLear, of Dromana, aged 24 years.
Oh, for a touch of a vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is still!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.
Mother and son united.
—(Inserted by his loving sister, M. Pentecost, Mornington.)
Posted missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume buried No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'
Note, Red Cross File No 1940705, 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'
Statement, 3887 Pte J. McLEAR, 21st Bn (patient, Cornelia Hospital, Poole, England): 'Informant states that C.H. McLean (sic) was my brother. I am sure he is dead. I have met men of his Battalion who were present when he was killed. Some of them were fellow townsmen of ours.'
Second statement, 3984 Pte W. CALDWELL, D Company, 59th Bn, 15 December 1916: 'Witness says he saw the soldier killed by a shell at Fleurbaix on No Man's Land. He was practically blown to pieces.'
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