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MCLAREN, Alexander Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 122 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out , Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, Kemmel, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 122, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement 122, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked 122, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 122, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the neck. On 7th October 1917 he was evacuated to England | |
| 26 Mar 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 122, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 122 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Abraham McLaren and Caroline McLaren of 6 Hawthorne Street, Leichhardt, NSW later of Taylor Street, Waterloo, NSW then 4 McIntosh Street, Mascot, NSW; brother of Edith goodwin of Leichhardt, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal