MCLEAN, Frank
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 30 June 1915, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 17 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle Public School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Repatriation Ward, Perth Hospital, Perth, WA, 5 May 1934, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican-Zb-0142 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mrs Margaret Jane Couves, Princess Buildings, St George's Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Military Cross
'For consistent good work as Intelligence Officer, showing disregard of danger and devotion to duty.' (Pozieres)
Recommendation date: "17 September 1916
Military Cross
'For consistently good work as scout officer, intelligence officer and latterly as company commander.'
Recommendation date: 3 March 1917"
Military Cross
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169
Date: 4 October 1917
Mention in Despatches
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).
LT.-COLONEL McLEAN DEAD.
Noted Military Service.
The death occurred in the repatriation ward of the Perth Hospital last Saturday of Lieut.-Colonel Frank McLean, a member of the officers' reserve of the military forces in this State. Lieut-Colonel McLean distinguished himself when he went on active service with the 28th Battalion in 1915. He was mentioned in dispatches and gained the Military Cross. In civil life, Mr. McLean was associated in late years with several motor firms. He was 45 years of age.
LATE LIEUT-COLONEL McLEAN.
Feeling reference was made by the State president of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. A. Yeates), at a meeting of the State executive of the League on Wednesday night, to the recent death of the late Lieut.-Colonel Frank McLean. M.C. Mr. Yeates, in moving a vote of condolence with the relatives and an appreciation in the records, said that the late Colonel McLean had always been of material help to the returned men and the league, and had given conspicuous service as an assistant marshal of the Anzac day parade. The motion was carried in silence, all present standing.
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