John MCLAREN

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Service Number:	182
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Warrnambool, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangoom, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 8,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dennington War Memorial

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 182, 39th Infantry Battalion, Warrnambool, Vic.
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 182, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 182, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
30 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 182, 39th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Multiple SW to head, shoulder and neck sustained at Ploegsteert. Evacuated to 2nd Aust CCS at Trois Arbres, where he died of his wounds several days later on 3 May 1917.

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