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Military service
Service number:
148741
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
78th Bn.
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 22.
Additional information
Son of Alexander McLean.
Digital gallery of Private Alex McLean
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Photo of Alex MacLean
This is a photograph of my grand uncle Alex or Alexander McLean. He was with the 7th Battalion. He was involved in the Scarpe operations in WW1 in France, near Nord Pas de Calais. Here they were subjected to heavy machine gun fire and was killed in combat. At the time they were taking MONT DURY on September 2,1918. He was buried there at DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY. -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alex McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Alex McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Alex McLean
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 461 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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