MCLENNAN, George John
| Service Number: | 2621 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales , Australia, 1 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Hamilton South, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1967, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-41. 46. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2621, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2621, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2621, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 26 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2621, 36th Infantry Battalion, TSgt, GSW to right thigh | |
| 26 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2621, 36th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
54 years ago today, on the 10th October 1967, Corporal George John McLennan, 36th Battalion (Reg No-2621), engineer from 50 Donald Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 127 Stewart Avenue, Hamilton South, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 79. CATHOLIC 2-41. 46.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 1st March 1888 to George Tapley and Annie Marie McLennan; husband of Annie Florence McLennan nee O'Connell (married 1912, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1923, ANGLICAN 1-03. 10.) and Jane Clare McLennan nee Campbell (married 1926, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1975, sleeping here), George enlisted September 1916 at Rutherford, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 7.2.1917 (influenza), 30.10.1918 (pneumonia, severely ill).
Wounded in action - 26.12.1917 (GSW right thigh and abdomen, severe, Passchendaele Campaign).
George was invalided home February 1919, being discharged on the 1st August 1919.
Mr. McLennan’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor (photo, unveiled date unknown, 619 names inscribed, 87 Fallen, proudly displayed at the Fort Scratchley Museum, Newcastle, N.S.W.) and the Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at George’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country during The Great War.
Many thanks to Valerie Menzies for the following family history.
George John McLennan was a 28 years old engineer, married with a baby daughter and living at 50 Donald Street Hamilton, N.S.W.
He enlisted at Rutherford Camp for service in The Great War. He was assigned to the 5th Reinforcement, 36th Battalion AIF and was promoted to Acting Corporal on the day of embarkation, 9th of November 1916 on the troopship ‘Benalla’.
He disembarked at Devonport, 9th of January 1917, joining the 9th Training Battalion at Durrington. He was promoted to Acting Lance Corporal when his Unit (9TBn) moved to the Tidworth School of Musketry, “qualifying First Class” and being seen to have “a fair knowledge of the Lewis Gun”.
On the 2nd of October 1917 he proceeded to France where he was promoted to Corporal and “taken on strength to 36th Battalion 9 Brigade, 3rd Division AIF” which was heavily involved in the Battle of Passchendaele.
On the 6th of November he was promoted Temporary Sergeant. He was wounded in action on the 26th of December 1917.
He suffered gun-shot wounds to his right thigh (complex fracture) and abdomen. He was sent to England to convalesce at Tooting Hospital. He survived a serious bout of pneumonia before returning to Australia on the ‘Morvada’.
He was discharged on the 1st of August 1919. The results of his injuries plagued him for the rest of his life.
Lest We Forget.
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