Alwyn Thomas MCLEAN

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MCLEAN, Alwyn Thomas

Service Numbers:	Q16602, QX54831
Enlisted:	17 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 13 May 1918
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 24 July 1995, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

17 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, Q16602, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF, also QX54831
17 Mar 1941:	Enlisted
17 Jun 1943:	Involvement Private, QX54831, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF, also Q16602
17 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54831, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF
12 Dec 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54831, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Alwyn was the eldest of three children of Alexander Hugh Caddle McLean (born 1897 in Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Catherine Roberta Neilan (born 1900 in Ipswich, QLD). Alexander was a Miner in Ipswich, QLD when he married Catherine in 1917. They settled in Ipswich where Alexander was a Miner.

In 1940 Alwyn was a Labourer in Brisbane, QLD when he married Margaret Mercer (born 1921 in Ipswich, QLD). Margaret was working as a Veneer Machinist in Brisbane. Alwyn enlisted in the Army in June 1943, and was a Private (Service Nos:QX54831/Q16602) attached to 9 Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in December 1945. Brothers-in-Law Hector Mercer (Private; Service No:Q47829), Allan (Snow) Mercer (Private; Service Nos:QX53107/Q269274), and John Baxter McCorquodale (Private; Service No:Q145416), and Father-in-Law Thomas Thomson Mercer (Private; Service Nos:Q16420/Q89366) also served in WWII. Brother-in-Law Robert (Barnie) Mercer served in WWII (Private;Service No:QX54102) and the Korean War (Lance Corporal; Service No:14435).

Alwyn and Margaret settled in Ipswich, QLD where Alwyn was a Labourer and Coal Miner. Margaret died in 1990 and Alwyn in 1995.

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