McLean, Allan

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, McLean, Edmund Allan Allen

Service Service Number Number 1494 6145 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 9th August 1918 Gallipoli Peninsula 6th Australian Field Ambulance

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NAME

McLean, Allan

SERVICE NO

6145

UNIT

Dubbo Dept Battalion/20th Battalion/

RANK

L/Cpl

AGE at Enlistment

21 yrs 7 mth

PLACE OF BIRTH

Cambewarra, NSW

ADDRESS

Hawkesbury River, NSW

OCCUPATION

Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

14 Jun 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Royal Australian Show Ground, Sydney

NEXT OF KIN

Mother;- Elvira McLean, Wiseman’s Ferry, via Hawkesbury River/ Public School Numba, nr Nowra Father;- Allan McLean, Public School Numba, nr Nowra

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’5½”. Weight-151lbs. Chest-36½-39”.

Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION

Presbyterian

EMBARKED

25 Oct 1916 Sydney per A11 “Ascanius”

DISEMBARKED

28 Dec 1916 Devonport

NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED BURIED MEDALS

2 Oct 1917- SW Back- France 9 Aug 1918 – SW R/forearm-France 9 Aug 1918-6th Australian Field Ambulance.

11 Aug St. Pierre Cemetery, St Acheul, nr Amiens, Plot 14 Row D. by Chaplain Buckley.

British War Medal-51032, Victory Medal-50391. Memorial Plaque & Scroll348940.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

1 disc, 1 testament, YMCA wallet, wallet, photo, cards, letters, religious trinket, 8 coins (1 franc 55 centimes)/

WILL

Beneficiary;- Mother

CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS

He was a machine Gunner in “B” Company.

RED CROSS REPORT

“According to informant McLean was one of the best fellows in the Company & a good man in the line”.

Gosford Times 19th September 1918 WISEMAN’S FERRY (From Our Correspondent.)

Private Allan McLean, son of Mr and Mrs McLean, late teacher of Wiseman’s Ferry, is reported to have died from wounds. There is to be a memorial service at Wiseman’s Ferry next Sunday by Rev. Hughes. The deceased young soldier was well respected, and the blow will be keenly felt by his parents, who have now only one son left.

Gosford Times 19th September 1918 Private Allan McLean, whose father, Mr A. McLean, was formerly Schoolteacher at Wiseman’s Ferry, but now resides on the South Coast, has died of wounds received in battle on the Western front.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1949564