MCLAINE, Samuel Alexander
| Service Number: | 3479 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croggan, Isle of Mull, Scotland. , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Méaulte, Somme, Hauts-de-France, Northern France, 21 December 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte Grave II. G. 11. INSCRIPTION GIVE HIM ETERNAL REST O LORD. , Grove Town Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3479, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3479, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 36 and the son of Alexander and Annie McLaine, of Barbreck Lodge, by Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland.
Commemorated as MacLaine on the Rothesay war memorial.
His brother, Private John Brown McLaine, aged 29, Service Number 4482, of the 27th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. also fell. in France [5th November 1916]
Both are commemorated on the Rothesay War Memorial. They are two of the 12 Casualties who served with Australian forces in the Great War who are remembered on the Rothesay War Memorial. The Royal Burgh of Rothesay (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Bhòid) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rothesay lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. Located on the Esplanade near the Pier, it is known locally as "The Angel".
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