MCLEAN, Francis Herbert
| Service Number: | Q42190 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 13 January 1911 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builder's Labourer |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 15 April 1996, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q42190 | |
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| 14 Mar 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q42190, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF, ex Port Melbourne per HMT Zeandia to Port Moresby | |
| 16 Jan 1942: | Involvement Private, Q42190 | |
| 16 Jan 1942: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Francis was the third of six children of Francis (Frank) Herbert McLean Snr (born 1889 in Maryborough, QLD) and Martha Isabella Butler (born 1886 in Gympie, QLD). Frank - a Fireman - and Martha married in 1909 in Gympie, QLD where they lived until moving to Maryborough in 1920. Frank worked as a Fireman.
Francis was a Labourer in Maryborough, QLD in 1938 when he married Phyllis Adele Burchard (born 1920 in Maryborough, QLD). Francis and Phyllis settled in Maryborough where Francis was working as a Builder's Labourer when he enlisted in the ACMF in February 1941. He served as a Private (Service No:Q42190) with 49 Battalion in New Guinea and was Discharged in January 1942. Brother Gordon Vivian (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:79301) also served in WWII.
Francis and Phyllis settled in Maryborough, QLD where Francis worked as a Labourer, Caravan Park Manager and Meat Worker. He died in 1996 and Phyllis in 2008.