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William Malcolm McLEAN

Regimental number930
Place of birthIpswich Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann McLean, Thorn Street, Ipswich, Queensland
Enlistment date10 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


Refers 31 July and 1 August 1917.
Recommendation date: "Unspecified"

FateReturned to Australia 27 May 1919
Medals

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of an advanced post. He remained in this post for sixty hours under continuous shell fire and the most trying weather conditions, which rendered the post a sea of mud, and caused his platoon to suffer the most extreme privation from cold and wet. Throughout the whole of this period his messages were invariably cheerful and his fine personal example had a most favourable influence on his men.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76
Date: 23 May 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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