MCLEAN, George Thomas
| Service Number: | QX31766 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 April 1942, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Docks Operating Company |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 12 December 1904 |
| Home Town: | Proserpine, Whitsunday, Queensland |
| Schooling: | 7th Grade State School |
| Occupation: | Licensed Victualler |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 17 February 1994, aged 89 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld Section 5, Line ZZ, Plot 43 |
| Memorials: | Proserpine Whitsunday Uniting Church WW2 Honor Board |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Apr 1942: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, QX31766 | |
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| 23 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, QX31766, 2nd/2nd Docks Operating Company, Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 17 Apr 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Weston McLEAN and Annie nee REDHEAD
Husband of Helen Bell McLEAN nee BRAITHWAITE, 21 Symons Street, Mackay, Qld.
Captain Tom McLean is considered the one of the pioneers of the Tourism industry of Mackay.
He owned the Mackay Hotel, and after the war, was the founder of Roylen Cruises in 1946. Later Captain Tom bought Brampton Island Resort in 1962 until 1985 when TAA took over the resort. Tom's first boat was the Shangri-la, the former personal water transport of General Douglas Macarthur.
Tom bought ex-navel launches for his company.
He owned a fleet of Roylen cruises that sailed from Mackay every Tuesday morning. There were six of them and they departed on the cruises that left on Tuesday and returned on Saturday and TAA looked after the reservations and all booking enquiries.
Tom wrote a book about his life in 1986, Captain Tom.
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