MCLEAN, Carden Patrick Gose
| Service Number: | 2956 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 November 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong I.O.R. Hope of Dandenong Tent 165 Roll of Honor, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour, Dandenong State School 1403 Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2956, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2956, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2956, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2956, 5th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2956 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Carden Patrick Gose McLEAN was born on 23rd April, 1896 in Dandenong, Victoria
His parents were Alexander Thomas McLEAN and Mary Louisa GILL
He had 3 years previous Military service as a Cadet with the 45th Infantry, 6 months with the Australian Light Horse in Dandenong and 9 months with the 48th Infantry
Carden was employed as a Clerk at the Melbourne Steamship Company when he enlisted in Melbourne on 5th July, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Battalion and embarked with the 9th reinforcements on 10th September, 1915 - he was transferred to the Lewis Machine Gun Section of the Battalion on 19th May, 1916
He was Killed in Action on 6th November, 1916 at the Battle of Guedecourt and buried in the AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Guedecourt, 3 miles SSW of Bapaume - a Cross was erected on his grave with his name & Service No. - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.
Carden was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
His brother Kenneth Arthur McLEAN (/explore/people/276992) was a Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corp in WW1 and was awarded the Military Cross & Bar - he also served in WW2
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