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Huey Walter McLEAN

Regimental number3890
Place of birthPortarlington, Victoria
SchoolPortarlington State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 5.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, William McLean, Fenwick Street, Portarlington, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 70th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah McLEAN. Native of Portarlington, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6446 Corporal Richard Joseph McLEAN, 23rd Bn, killed in action, 21 September 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Venereal Disease Section, 9 March 1916; discharged to duty, 27 March 1916.

Taken on strength of 58th Bn from 6th Training Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 1940805: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as Henry Walker McLEAN.
SourcesNAA: B2455, McLEAN Huey Walter
Red Cross file 1940805

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