MCLAINE, John Brown
| Service Number: | 4482 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croggan, Argyll, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Operator |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4482, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4482, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4482, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 and the son of Annie McLaine, of Burnside, Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland, and the late Alexander McLaine.
Commemorated as MacLaine on the Rothesay war memorial.
His brother, Private Samuel Alexander McLaine, aged 36, Service Number 3472, of the 5th Australian Pioneers also fell in France [21st December 1916]
Both are commemorated on the Rothesay War Memorial. They are two of the 12 Casualties who served with Australian forces in the Great War who are remembered on the Rothesay War Memorial. The Royal Burgh of Rothesay (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Bhòid) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rothesay lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde.
The memorial, located on the Esplanade near the Pier, is known locally as "The Angel".
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