Kenneth MCLEAN

MCLEAN, Kenneth

Service Numbers: 642, 642A
Enlisted: 16 November 1916, Townsville, Qld
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Portarlington, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1886
Home Town: South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation: Greaser
Died: Killed in Action, Lihons, France, 10 August 1918, aged 31 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 642, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Townsville, Qld
11 May 1917: Involvement Private, 642, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Embarked Private, 642, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
20 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , France (also allotted new SN 642A).
8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 642A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , The Battle of Amiens
10 Aug 1918: Involvement Private, 642A, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 642A awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-10

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