In memory of
Private
ALEXANDER
MCLEAN
who died on March
29,
1918
Military Service:
Service Number:
639860
Age:
23
Force:
Army
Unit:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
2nd Battalion
Citation:
Not eligible for the 1914-15 Star. British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Additional Information:
Date of Birth:
November
20,
1894
Clarendon, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
Date of Enlistment:
March
11,
1916
Merrickville, Ontario, Canada
Son of Mathew and Margaret McLean originally of Bishops Mills, Ontario who later moved to Potsdam, New York, U.S.A. He stated he was single and worked in a foundry. He stood 5'7 and weighed 135 pounds. He embarked at Halifax on 18 October 1916 and disembarked at Liverpool, England on 28 October 1916. The original wooden cross, which served as his temporary grave marker is now in the possession of The Royal Canadian Legion, Merrickville Branch, Number 245, where it is displayed in a beautiful wooden case in his memory.
Cemetery:
FAUBOURG-D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais,
France
[CLICK HERE FOR CEMETERY PLAN]
Grave Reference:
VII. C. 26.
Location:
Fabourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, to the south of the road to Doullens.
