Lot 2305

Description

1914-15 Star to Died of Sickness. 237977, J.McLean, L.S., R.N. Impressed. Good very fine.

Ex Colonial Coins & Medals Auction 25/9/2010 (lot 927).
James McLean, butcher, born 14Feb1890 at Aberdeen, UK; Enl.18Jan1907 in Royal Navy at Portsmouth and to training ship HMS Ganges at Shortley as Boy II; to Boy I 17May1907; to Battle Ship HMS Magnificent 25May1907; to HMS Europa 01Sep1907; to HMS Powerful 11Oct1907; to Ord Seaman 14Feb1908; to Able Seaman 21Sep1909; to HMS Terrible 13Jan1910; to HMS Vernon 25Feb1910; to HMS Good Hope 16Feb1911; to HMS Vernon 24Dec1912; to Battle Ship HMS Superb 06May1913; to Leading Seaman 01Aug1914; ops against Germans in North Sea including Battle of Jutland in May 1916; to HMS Victory I 31Aug1917; to Moniter HMS Mersey 04Mar1917 and ops in Mediterranean and River Danube; qualified in education for Petty Officer 03Dec1917; Died of bronco pneumonia following influenza on HMS Mersey 03Jan1919; Buried at Bucharest War Cemetery in Romania; commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England and the Aberdeen War Memorial, and Victor Harbor RSL Sub-Branch, Victor Harbor, South Australia; his name is also on the Commemorative Roll at The Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia; James McLean's parents moved to Australia after WWI.
With research by Mostly Unsung and other research.