MCLEAN, Edgar Gordon
| Service Number: | 1796 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Randall Town, via Morgan, South Australia, 12 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Renmark Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Steamboat Officer (River Murray) |
| Died: | Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Malta, 5 December 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery D. XI. 5. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4), Prospect South Australian Soldiers at Gallipoli Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1796, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1796, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1796, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 25 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1796, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound (abdomen) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 21 and the son of Alexander and Jane Caroline McLean, of 172, Avenue Helensdale, Glenelg, South Australia. His Next of Kin advised that he was born at Murray.
Biography
"..1796 Private Edgar Gordon McLean, 27th Battalion of Renmark, SA. A steam boat officer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements on HMAT Kanowna (A61) on 23 June 1915. He died at Malta on 5 December 1915, of wounds received on the Gallipoli Peninsula." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"THE LATE PRIVATE E. G. McLEAN.
Private E. G. McLean, who died at Malta on December 5 from gunshot wound received in action, was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. A. McLean, of Renmark, and was 21 years of age. He left for the front with the 2nd Reinforcements of the 27th Battalion. Private McLean was very well known on the river boats, where he worked for over five years, and where his bright, cheerful disposition won for him a large circle of friends. At the time of his enlistment he was serving as mate on the William Randell, belonging to the Gem Navigation Company." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 31 Dec 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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