Clarence Joseph MCLEAN

MCLEAN, Clarence Joseph

Service Number: VX24172
Enlisted: 10 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Edenhope, Victoria, 17 November 1918
Home Town: Edenhope, West Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station hand
Died: Died at sea (POW of Japan - Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Edenhope War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial
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World War 2 Service

10 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, VX24172, Caulfield, Victoria
10 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX24172, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
23 Jan 1942: Involvement Corporal, VX24172, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Australia's Northern Periphery, Lark Force Rabaul
25 Jan 1942: Imprisoned Australia's Northern Periphery, Lark Force Rabaul
1 Jul 1942: Involvement Corporal, VX24172, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War

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