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Alexander McLennan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    McLennan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mick AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 368 AWMM
    • WWII 806890 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 April 1885 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Kauri, Northland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Isabella McLennan (mother), Kauri, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 24 May 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Battle of the Somme AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 368 AWMM
    • WWII 806890 AWMM
  • Military service
    Volunteer Corps Hikurangi and Whangarei AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 16 April 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 29 AWMM
    House painter/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Ipswich, Queensland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      154 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Hazel AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alexander McLennan was the son of Norman and Isabella McLennan.

    He had been resident in Australia since 1909

    His brother, Donald Alexander McLennan (12/2061), died of wounds sustained at Gallipoli

    Family note he died 28 July, CWGC records he died 29 July AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 July 1916 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 31 AWMM
    France, Europe Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France. AWMM
    • Hikurangi Primary School War Memorial, 4 Swan Ave, Hikurangi 0114 AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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08 August 2017SandraNew ZealandResearcher
30 July 2015GaryNarangba QueenslandResearcher

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