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Title
McLean letters, 18 December 1915-August 1916 / James Joseph McLean
Creator
James Joseph McLean
Level of description
sub-fonds
Date

18 December 1915-August 1916
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
872427
Issue Copy
Digitised : 2014
Physical Description
0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

J. J. McLean, labourer of Darlinghurst, Sydney was 21 years old when he enlisted at Longreach, Queensland, 14 May 1915 as a private with the 25th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces. He embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915 and served at Gallipoli and in France where he was wounded, 5 Aug. 1916. He was hospitalised in England and was discharged in Sydney 7 Nov. 1917
Scope and Content
ITEM 01
James Joseph McLean letter, ca. 1915

ITEM 02
James Joseph McLean letter, 18 December 1915-August 1916
General note

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I letters
Name
Aeneas (Ship)
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
Soldiers--Australia--Correspondence.
Soldiers--Australia.

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