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Alexander Henry McLAREN

Regimental number2960
Place of birthPort Fairy Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressWilliam Street, Port Fairy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Dora McLaren, William Street, Port Fairy, Victoria
Enlistment date26 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Dora MCLAREN, William Street, Port Fairy, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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