MCLEAN, Stanley Gordon
| Service Number: | 5859 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Talgarno, Victoria, Australia, March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Ribemont Communal Cemetery extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 10), France, Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Picardie, France, Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5859, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5859, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5859, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
5859 Private Stanley Gordon McLean 23rd Battalion AIF was killed in action 4th June, 1918. He was the son of John Benjamin Buchanan McLean and Jane Ann McLean, who were living in Shepparton at the time.
Stan McLean enlisted in Cootamundra NSW during June 1916, in the 23rd Battalion, and left Australia during October 1916. Stan was sent to France on the 4th February 1917, and fought there for over 12 months before he was given a fortnight’s leave to the UK during February 1918. Only a few months later he was killed in action 4 June 1918.
A mate gave the following statement, “I knew him from being in the Battalion. He was a tallish fair man. About the 4th June 1918 we were in front of Buire in support trenches. In the afternoon there was heavy shelling, and McLean was walking along to the trench to see if there were any casualties when he was hit by a piece of shell in the head and killed outright. The Pioneers buried the body but I did not know where, as we had to clear out of the place.”
The following news appeared in the Cobram Courier shortly after, “Mr and Mrs John McLean, of Shepparton (formerly of Cobram) received the sad news last week that their second eldest son, Stanley, had been killed in action in France on the 4th June. Stan, who was only 24 years of age and a likeable young fellow, was a native of Cobram, and had been two years on active service, having enlisted in the Riverina.”
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