Simon McLEAN

Regimental number8/3981
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs McLean, Balnakyle, Munlochy, Scotland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit3rd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 22 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot No XXVII, Row BB, Grave No 5), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Mary McLean, Ord Lodge, Muir-of-Ord, Ross-Shire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 18