William John McLEAN

Regimental number69509
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinWife, Mrs E McLean, Mission Hill, New Plymouth
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 34th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 100 Ulimaroa on 8 February 1918
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No 28), Gezaincourt, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh and Ellen McLean, of New Plymouth; Wife: Ellen McLean, New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 78, p. 10