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Military service
Service number:
229365
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
44th Bn.
Birth:
October 18, 1894
Fair Isle, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 2, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. C. 5.
Additional information
Son of Donald and Mary McLean, of Fair Isle, Shetland.
Digital gallery of Private Charles Stobie McLean
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Photo of CHARLES STOBIE MCLEAN
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Photo of Charles Stobie McLean
Charles Stobie McLean grew up on Fair Isle in Shetland, Scotland. Moved to Canada in 1911 and worked as a clerk for the Hudson Bay Company. Joined the 61st Battalion in 1915 and along with his brother Kenneth McLean went to Europe in early 1916 where they were both transferred to the 44th Battalion. Charles was wounded on October 21, 1916 and died the next day. His brother Kenneth was killed three days later on October 25, 1916.
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Private Charles Stobie McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Stobie McLean
Digital gallery of
Private Charles Stobie McLean
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 128 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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