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Murdoch McLEAN

Regimental number4636
Place of birthOuttrim, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationElectrician
AddressOuttrim, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 7.5"
Weight124 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr Hector Alexander McLean, Outtrim, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme)
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial'Y' Farm Military Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 64), Bois-Grenier, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Family/military connectionsBrother: 842 Pte Alexander McLEAN, 4th Machine Gun Squadron, returned to Australia, 13 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez 28 February 1916.

Taken on strength, 58th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 2 April 1916; taken on strength, 3 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, McLEAN Murdoch

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