Alexander David MCCLURE

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MCCLURE, Alexander David

Service Number:	516
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woodend, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Benalla, Benalla, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne High School, Victoria; California University
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds - gunshot wounds to the abdomen, thigh and loin, At sea, on board HS Delta, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 November 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 65 H. Marshall officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Benalla Uniting Church Memorial Window, Benalla War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 516, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 516, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 516, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
4 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, At Lemnos
20 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 516, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 516 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-11-20

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Colin Watt McClure and Johanna C McClure nee McKay of Symthe Street, Benalla, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the senior cadets

He passed exams for Junior and Senior Public Servant. At the Melbourne University he was awarded the Trinity and Ormand Scholarships. The Victorian Government selected him to study Irrigation Engineering at the California University

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