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Samuel Alexander MACLAINE

Regimental number3479
Place of birthOban Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarm labourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinMother, Mrs A MacLaine, 2 Mansfield Place, Rothesay, Scotland
Enlistment date23 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialGrove Town Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. II), Mesulte, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Annie MCLAINE, Barbreck Lodge, by Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland. Native of Groggan, Isle of Mull, Scotland. SPELT MCLAINE. DEATH SHOWN AS 21ST DECEMBER, 1916

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