MCLENNAN, Findlay Andrew
| Service Numbers: | QX11923, Q33029 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1941, Townsville, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 5 December 1920 |
| Home Town: | Giru, Burdekin, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 22 November 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 5. Row C. Grave 21. Inscription: "HE DIED FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM AND THOSE WHO LOVED HIM". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Giru War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX11923 | |
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| 19 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11923, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Qld. | |
| 19 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q33029, 7 Training Battalion, Enlisted for war service in the Australian Military Forces in Townsville Queensland. | |
| 22 Nov 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11923, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion, Killed in action Papua. | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11923, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Findlay John and Elizabeth McLennan, of Giru, Queensland.
HE DIED FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM AND THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
McLENNAN.— In loving memoir of our dear son and brother, Private F. A. McLennan (Andy), killed in action, November 22nd, 1942, at Gona.
To see his smiling face again
Come singing through the door
A smiling face, a heart of fold.
One of the best the world can hold.
(Inserted by his father and mother, brothers and sisters).
McLENNAN. -In loving memory of our dear brother. Private T. A. McLennan (Andy), killed in action. November 22nd, 1942, at Gona.
We are lonely here without you
And sadness marks our way,
The world is not the same to us
Since you were called away .
Our pal in life, you made us glad
When we were all together,
God only knows how much we miss you
For memories last for ever.
(Inserted by his loving sister, brother-in-law, neice and nephew, Jean, Siebelt, Else and David).
McLENNAN.— In loving memory of Private F. A. McLennan -(Andy), killed in action 22nd November, 1942.
Always Remembered.
(Inserted by his lonely pal, Private F. Hocking, and the Jones Family).
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