John James MCLACHLAN

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MCLACHLAN, John James

Service Number:	4767
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burrumbeet, Victoria, 1889
Home Town:	Meredith, Golden Plains, Victoria
Schooling:	Parwan State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Exploding Shell, France, 13 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bacchus March Parwan State School, Meredith & District Roll of Honor, Meredith War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4767, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4767, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4767, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
13 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4767, 22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John James McLACHLAN was born in Burrumbeet, Victoria in 1889

His parents were Neil McLACHLAN & Mary Jane GRIFFITHS

He enlisted in Melbourne on 1st February, 1916 & embarked with the 22nd Infantry Battalion, 12th reinforcements on 4th April, 1916 on the ship HMAT Euripides

John was Killed in Action in France due to an exploding shell - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

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His brother Lieutenant Neil McLACHLAN (SN3878) also served in WW1 and was Killed in Action on 10th August, 1918 - he was awarded the Military Cross

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