Maclean, Hugh

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Arts : Private, 56th Battn. and 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, A.I.F., France. Enlisting 16th March, 1916, and sailing 7th October, fought with battn. from beginning of 1917 at the Somme, Bernafay Wood, Louveral and Bullecourt. Transferring to battery, served at Polygon Wood, Villers-Bretonneux and till demobilisation, though wounded near Morlancourt 27th June, 1918. Early education at Victorian State and Gairbraid and North Kelvinside Schools, Glasgow.

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1892

Maclean H. : Life.Birth 18 Apr 1892
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Early education at Gairbraid School, Glasgow, Scotland
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Early education at North Kelvinside School, Glasgow, Scotland
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Early education at a Victorian State School, Moorabbin, VIC, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1916

Military service as Private at France --, France ; Bapaume -- Pas-de-Calais, France ; Bullecourt -- Pas-de-Calais, France ; Ypres -Polygon Wood-, Belgium ; Villers-Bretonneux --, France ; Morlancourt --, France 1916
1916

Teacher at Braidwood -- NSW, Australia 1916
1916

Enlisted 16 Mar 1916
1917

Military service as Private at Ypres --, Belgium ; Morlancourt --, France ; Bapaume -- Pas-de-Calais, France ; Ypres -Polygon Wood-, Belgium ; Bullecourt -- Pas-de-Calais, France 14 July 1917
1917

Wounded 29 Sep 1917 at Polygon Wood : Ypres [ Belgium ]
1918

Wounded 27 Jun 1918 at Morlancourt [ France ]
1926

Member of Public School Teachers' Federation 18 Dec 1926 at Singleton [ NSW Australia ]
1930

Married 23 Dec 1930
1932

Teacher at Collarenebri -- NSW, Australia 1932
1940

Headmaster at Deep Creek -- NSW, Australia 1940
1947

Teacher at Sawtell -- NSW, Australia 1947
1948

Headmaster at Nana Glen -- NSW, Australia 1948
1974

Death in Sawtell -- NSW, Australia 17 January 1974

Gender

Male

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