Henry Abraham MCLEAN

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Service Number:	1105
Enlisted:	6 February 1915, Enlisted at Beaudesert, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Freshlands, Rathielty, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 1889
Home Town:	Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer/Farmer
Died:	Dysentery, At sea (HS Glenart Castle) off Malta., 3 December 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea. LONE PINE MEMORIAL Panel 2. , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

6 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1105, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Beaudesert, QLD
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1105, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1105, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
3 Dec 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 1105, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1105 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-12-03

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Son of Edmond and Margaret McLean of County Kilkenny, Ireland. Next of kin given as his aunt Louisa Daniel of Rathmoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland

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

2nd Australian Light Horse, 7th Reinforcement.

He was 33.

Enlistment date 6 February 1915.

Age at embarkation 26.

AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/7/2

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915.

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength of 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli Peninsula, 25 October 1915; attached to Railway Section, Gallipoli, 5 November 1915.

NAA: B2455, McLEAN Henry Abraham

He is remembered on the war memorial in Kilkenny St. Canice's Cathedral.

He is also remembered on the war memorial in Kilkenny Peace Park, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

He is also remembered on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station World War I War Memorial at MacDonagh Station, Station Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny.

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