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Gosford District Casualties of World War One McLean, Allan Service Number 6145 Died of Wounds 9th August 1918 6th Australian Field Ambulance

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Service Number 6145. Died of Wounds 9th August 1918. 6th Australian Field Ambulance.

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

McLean, Allan Service Number 6145

Died of Wounds 9th August 1918 6th Australian Field Ambulance

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Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of

Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records

held in the

The Australian War Memorial and

National Archives of Australia

(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)

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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 ENLIST-MENT

Royal Australian Show Ground, Sydney

PREVIOUS SERVICE

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 DESCRIP-TION

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 2 Oct 1917- SW Back- France

9 Aug 1918 – SW R/forearm-France

DIED 9 Aug 1918-6th Australian Field Ambulance.

BURIED 11 Aug St. Pierre Cemetery, St Acheul, nr Amiens, Plot 14 Row D. by Chap-lain Buckley.

MEDALS British War Medal-51032, Victory Medal-50391. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-348940.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 disc, 1 testament, YMCA wallet, wallet, photo, cards, letters, religious trin-ket, 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”.

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Gosford Times 19

th 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 19

th 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.

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