Alexander Henry MCLAREN

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MCLAREN, Alexander Henry

Service Number:	2960
Enlisted:	26 January 1916, Warrnambool, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Port Fairy State School
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 30 July 1918
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 20
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown War Memorial, Port Fairy School Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2960, 29th Infantry Battalion, Warrnambool, Vic.
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2960, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2960, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Jul 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2960, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2960 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-30

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Dora Alice and the late John McLaren, of William St., Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia.

A LOVING SON & KIND BROTHER

Another Port Fairy Hero
L-Cpl. A. H. McLAREN.
Today, the Rev. F. S. Yarnall conveyed the sad intelligence to Mrs McLaren, William street, that Lance Corporal A. H. McLaren, her second eldest son, had been killed in action in France on July 30 last. The brave soldier, who was a carpenter and learnt his trade here, was 31 years of age, and was working at Caniperdown when he enlisted, about 2 1/2 years ago.
He was injured in battle and went back into action. To his heart-broken mother, brothers and sisters is extended the sympathy of the people of the borough, with the consolation that they owned one who died in a glorious cause. The hero was a single man and his fiancee resides in Camperdown. Flags were flown here as a small tribute of respect to the soldier.

McLAREN.- A tribute to the memory of my dearly loved fiance, Lance-Cpl. A. H. McLaren, killed in action, 30th July, 1918.
Though we are parted,
Love lives for ever.
—(Inserted by his sorrowing fiancee, Lily Parker.)

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