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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | MCLAREN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Alfred |
| Regimental Number | | 197 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse (Qld) |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'B'Sqn. Darling, Western Downs & Border Districts.
Source:# 559 family thinks he possibly enlisted twice with a brother, ?Pte. McLAREN W.A. 3QMI slightly wounded at Ottoshoop 4-16.8.1900?, WW1 1036 MCLAREN William Alfred Camfield born Edinburgh Scotland, next of kin father John MCLAREN, enlisted from Kalgoorlie WA but returned to Queensland after WW1.
URL1: WW1 AIF MCLAREN William Alfred 1036 Private 59th Railway Coy.
Roe: ?3QMI brother of MCLAREN, John Brown 7ACH(Qld.).
B5207: stockman from Cunnamulla Qld., next of kin Mrs JA MCLAREN Cunnamulla, 1 year 112 days 3QMI.
URL2: MCLAREN WAC 1036 trucker aged 23 from Harvey WA (too young for the Boer War).
URL3: ?3095 14Bn. painter aged 30 next of kin from Bridge-of-Allen Scotland.
B4418: stockman aged 25 from Cunnamulla Qld., born at McQuarie R. NSW next of kin mother in Cunnamulla, 1 year 112 days 3QIB.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 535
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 559
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
| | External Link URL1 | | www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=35&Page=70&Surname=mclaren | | External Link URL2 | | www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/15_9_1/pdf/0024.pdf | | External Link URL3 | | www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_31_3/pdf/0241.pdf |
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