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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
June 13, 1887
Moncton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
June 8, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Kenneth A. and Mary Alice McLean, of Moncton, New Brunswick; husband of Eva Alma McLean, of Saint John, New Brunswick. Civil Engineer. M.Sc., University of New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edward Byron McLean
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Photo of Edward Byron McLean
Lieutenant Edward Byron McLean Christmas 1915 -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of Edward and Alma McLean
Edward and Alma McLean in Calgary Alberta, August, 1915. -
Photo of Edward McLean
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Newspaper Clipping
Short article regarding the life and times of Lt. McLean, Civil Engineer for the City of Calgary, Alberta. -
Newspaper Clipping
Short article regarding the life of Lt. Edward Byron McLean who was lost in action and is commemorated on the Vimy Ridge Memorial. -
Memorial
Inscription (on the side) for Edward B. McLEAN on a family grave marker at Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 128 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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