Service Details
Name:
 McLEAN
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS RORKE
Initials:
 D R
Service No:
 6488
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)
Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
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"
Additional
Information:
Son of James William and Ethel Grace (nee Nurden) McLean, of Longlands, Stepmore, Natal. On St John's Gowrie Presbyterian Church Cemetery Great War Memorial. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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