In Memory Of
McLEAN, DOUGLAS RORKE
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6488
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)
Date of Death:
1916-07-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Son of James William and Ethel G. McLean, of Longlands, Stepmore, Natal. On Kwazulu-Natal, LIONS RIVER district, Nottingham Road, St John's Gowrie Presbyterian Church, cemetery Great War Memorial. His brother also died on service
