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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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1891 - 1968 (76 years)
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Name |
James Ernest Hopetoun (Jim) MCLEAN [1] |
Suffix |
Pte |
Nickname |
Jim |
Born |
26 Jul 1891 |
Nhill Vic [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Biography Notes |
1894 |
Lake Boga Vic [1] |
Married: at Adelaide to Johanna Frances O'Donnell, b. 26/8/1894 at Lake Boga.
James was a farmer in the Murrayville area but poor seasons finally forced him off the land just after the second World War. He then worked at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital until he retired at age 65.
Death: He passed away in the same hospital on 31/1/1968 in his 77th year. He is buried at Springvale Cemetery.
Johanna came to Murrayville in 1923 as a school teacher and taught at Rusbridge State School about 8 miles north of Murrayville.
Death: She passed away on 1/8/1972 just 25 days short of her 78th birthday. She is buried beside James in the Springvale Cemetery.
James owned a stripper and written on it with black lead pencil was the following:
The Shearer was a Shearer
When the Big "E" was a pup
The Shearer is still a Shearer
When the Big "E" is buggered up
(These were makes of crop strippers (harvesters)) |
Military Service |
1914-1918 |
WWI [3] |
Enlisted Adelaide SA, sent Exeter, England 9.7.1917, France 25.8.1917, Wounded-France 14.8.1918, gassed-France 4.9.1918-Military Hospital (Page20), Adult influenza 31.10.1918-Military Hospital, GSW Wrist 26.9.17 (P22)-Invalided to UK, discharded bec "cessation of hostilities" page 19.
P33 of letter dated 27.9.1950 made reference to service in WWI and WWII (certificates) |
Military Service |
1914-1918 |
WWI [3] |
James was a returned servicemen serving in France during the 1st World War (Light Horse Brigade). He was wounded there on at least two occasions. (He was with his brother, Colin, also killed in France.)
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Military Service |
1939-1945 |
WWII [4] |
1941-1945-Enlisted Australian Army 24 Jul 1941 at Murrayville, Royal Park VictoriaNOK: wife:Johanna,discharged 29 Nov 1945,a private in 12 Australian Garrison Battalion. James served on guard duties in Melbourne Victoria during the 2nd World War.
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Military Service |
1939-1945 |
WWII [4] |
donald james hopetoun mcleans three children also served as volunteers. D. H. McLean and D. J. McLean, and his daughter, Mrs L. J. Gill (nee McLean), all served during World War 2 in the armed forces as volunteers. |
Occupation |
c1940s |
Murrayville SA |
James was a farmer in the Murrayville area but poor seasons finally forced him off the land just after the second World War. He then worked at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital until he retired at age 65. |
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Residence |
1860s-1968 |
Clayton Vic |
Residence: They resided at 14 Marshall Ave, Clayton, Vic. until their deaths.
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Died |
31 Jan 1968 |
Heidelberg Germany [1] |
- Death Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Germany
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Buried |
Springvale Vic [1] |
Person ID |
I-3212 |
Christina and Donald McLean | John McLean's descendants |
Last Modified |
7 Feb 2021 |
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Sources |
- [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. .
- [S-77] https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/, 23 Jan 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean.
Kiata (?Kiala) Vic was as an unevidenced place of birth. alteredbut not deleted to details sourced from WWII nominal roll service records.
- [S-117] National Archive of Australia Military Records, naa.gov.au, 9 Jan 2021 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
full military records of WWI and WWII available
- [S-117] National Archive of Australia Military Records, naa.gov.au, 9 Jan 2021 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
full military records of WWI and WWII available...
- [S-11] BDM certificate - sighted and attached .
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