Robert Alexander MCLEAN

MCLEAN, Robert Alexander

    Service Number: 442
    Enlisted: 18 August 1914, Place of enlistment - Colac, Victoria
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Beeac, Vic., 23 June 1894
    Home Town: Beeac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Geelong West, Victoria, Australia, 29 April 1972, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Geelong Western Cemetery, Victoria
    Lawn-01-05-005
    Memorials: Beeac Presbyterian Church Honour Roll WWI, Beeac War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 442, 8th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Colac, Victoria
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 442, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A24' Benalla from Melbourne on 21st October 1914.
    28 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
    14 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Pioneer Battalion
    20 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
    28 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 442, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed but remained on duty.
    27 Feb 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion
    10 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 442, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for return to Australia with his wife on SS Wahehe from Tilbury, England on 10th May 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 28th June 1919.
    12 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 442, 8th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of Archibald John (1862 - 1937) and Ellen Mary (nee Scott 1872 - 1956) McLEAN.

    Husband of Catherine Groves (nee IVERSON 1896 - 1978) McLEAN

    Brother of Allan Archie (1896 - 1942) McLEAN and Roderick James McLEAN (1901 - 1965)

    Headstone Inscription
    "442 SERGEANT
    Robert Alex McLEAN
    8th Battalion "D" Company
    Beloved Husband of
    Catherine GROVES
    His Duty Nobly Done Ever Remembered by his Loving Wife and Family"

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