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Alex McLean

In memory of:

Private Alex McLean

September 2, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

148741

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

78th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Alexander McLean.

Commemorated on Page 461 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURY MILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 22.

Location:

Dury is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 1 kilometre north of the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai (D939). Approximately 16 kilometres from Arras travelling towards Cambrai on the D939 is the Canadian Forces Memorial at Dury. 300 metres after the Memorial the Cemetery is signposted to the left towards Dury village. 200 metres from the D939 the cemetery is signposted to the left. It is located in open fields, and is approached along an unsurfaced track about 500 metres long.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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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.

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    Photo of Alex MacLean
    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

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    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

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    Newspaper Clipping
    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

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