Hector MCLAREN

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Service Number:	904
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Enlisted at Orbost, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moe, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Moe, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Grave 16 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Willow Grove War Memorial

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 904, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Orbost, Victoria
27 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Promoted prior to embarking. Later promoted to Corporal but date is not clear
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 904, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 904, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
27 Apr 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 904, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 904 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-27

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Son of Peter McLaren and Fanny McLaren nee Wilkinson of Willow Grove, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a two year apprenticeship with W. Robinson of Harvey, WA.

Also served with Moe's 10th Light Horse Troop

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