Virtual War Memorial | Richard Joseph MCLEAN

Richard Joseph MCLEAN Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

MCLEAN, Richard Joseph

Service Number:	6446
Enlisted:	1 March 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Portarlington, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Portarlington State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Joiner
Died:	Killed in Action, Menin Road, Belgium, 21 September 1917
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. I, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6446, 23rd Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6446, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6446, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
1 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Belgium
23 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Belgium
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 6446, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6446 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-21
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6446, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road

Help us honour Richard Joseph McLean's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Brother: 3890 Pte Huey Walter McLEAN, 58th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916.