Alexander John McLean

Forenames

Alexander John AWMM

Surname

McLean AWMM

Service number

WWI 26/1655 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

4 Aug 1882 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Isabella McLean (mother), Rosebank, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 26/1655 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 2nd Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Alexander McLean was the son of Alexander McLean and Isabella nee McKenzie of 21 Queen's Drive, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.

Brother of Kenzie McLean and John Murdoch McLean (Corporal, 5935, Date of Death: 03/05/1917, Age 31. Served with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 18th Battalion, Memorial: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial).

Next of Kin: Mrs T. McLean Queens Drive, Mt., Eden (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM B. 15. AWMM

Obituary

“In Loving Memory of Alexander the beloved husband of Isabella McLean died 18th August 1915, aged 82 years, also their three sons killed in action France. Alexander aged 32, Kenzie aged 27, John aged 30. The memory of the just is blessed. Also Isabella, beloved wife of the above, died 25th October aged 84 years” AWMM

Memorial name

• Waikumete Cemetery AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10925959
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/545179/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/545179
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  27: 11
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.