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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
Perth, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. H. 1.
Additional information
Son of David and Isabella Gallagher McLean; husband of Marguerite McLean, of Edmonton, Alberta. Born at Perth, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William John McLean
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Coupure de presse
Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917 -
Coupure de presse
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Photo de William John McLean
William John Mclean and his wife. -
Commémoratif
The War Memorial in Perth And District Collegiate Institute for former students of the school who participated in World War I. -
2e Coupure de presse
Letter published in the Perth Courier for 23 February 1917. -
Document d'attestation
Officer's declaration form. -
Coupure de presse
From the Perth Courier for 18 May 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping 3
Last letter to his father, published in the Perth Courier for 18 May 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping 4
A letter about William McLean's death, published in the Perth Courier for 18 May 1917. -
Newspaper Clipping 5
Clipping from the Perth Courier for 1 June 1917. -
Grave Marker
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Grave Marker
Tom Spence at Williams grave on April 8,2017 -
Grave Marker
William's headstone on April 8, 2017 with maple syrup from Perth and a maple leaf from his home.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John McLean
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 286 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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