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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #9 on: Friday 15 June 12 03:08 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the suggestions, we will check them out.  :)

I don't think he was married before WW1 as he gives his father  Donald (back in Scotland) as NOK on enlistment.  I guess he may have been separated/divorced. 

I don't know if Greg wants to say exactly where the medal was found (....??) but it was country W.A.

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #10 on: Friday 15 June 12 03:31 BST (UK) »
So far we have eliminated :
     John Every MacLean who married Winifred May Burton in Northam, W.A. in 1933 as he also enlisted in WW1 and died in 1960 at age 66.
     John MacLean who married Edna Elaine Kirkpatrick in 1930 in Perth and lived in Narrogin as he died in 1952 and death notice gives parents as William and Janet MacLean.

Any help  greatly appreciated,
  Ros

From the list of marriages 1919-1936 you can also eliminate:

MCLEAN    JOHN    Male    WATTERS    MARGARET A G    Female       FREMANTLE    94    1923
He died in 1964 aged 64 and is buried with Margaret at Fremantle

MCLEAN    JOHN K    Male    CARBARNS    DAISY E    Female       PERTH    706    1932
He died in 1982 aged 81 and is memorialised with Daisy at Karrakatta

MCLEAN    JOHN J    Male    WEST    ADA E    Female       WILLIAMS    43    1921
Probably John Joseph who died 1971 aged 71.  Ashes dispersed for both John and Ada

MCLEAN    JOHN T    Male    GRANLAND    DORIS E J    Female       PERTH    801    1934
Probably John Thrower who died 1993 aged 91.  Both he and Doris died at Cooloongup.

So looks like no marriage for your John in WA up to 1936; by then he would have been aged around 52.

Debra  :)

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #11 on: Friday 15 June 12 03:41 BST (UK) »
Wow thanks Debra - that's a big help in narrowing it down.  :) Sadly then there may be no direct descendants.

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #12 on: Friday 15 June 12 04:22 BST (UK) »
There is no marriage shown between Olive Head and John McLean but there is one for her in 1915 to another fellow.

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #13 on: Friday 15 June 12 04:58 BST (UK) »
Thanks Neil :)  I hadn't considered him having  a family and then being divorced/separated pre-war before.

Mind you he was only 16 (+/-1)  in 1900 - but yes possible.

And looking at the  W.A. births I see there was also a John Duncan McLean and an Ada Lydia Houghton who had children in Mullewa, Geraldton, Northam and Kanowna.   I wonder if he is a possibility too.  I got excited when I saw him moving around all these country towns including Northam but those births start in 1900 too.

Some more to explore ...

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #14 on: Friday 15 June 12 05:19 BST (UK) »
Well I think I can eliminate John Duncan McLean who died in Geraldton in 1930 age 59 according to trove.  Pity he left 2 sons and 3 daughters and was roughly in right area.

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #15 on: Friday 15 June 12 05:24 BST (UK) »
It is just possible that this John and Olive married elsewhere IE maybe Scotland but worth a look as they had two sons? I would try and find out what happened to them.

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #16 on: Friday 15 June 12 05:35 BST (UK) »
Yes good idea Neil.  :)

It's quite strange Neil that apart from that cluster of 11 births between 1900 and 1905 there are no further births with father John McLean in W.A. up to 1932.  ???

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Re: John MACLEAN (from W.A.) 28th batallion
« Reply #17 on: Friday 15 June 12 05:44 BST (UK) »
Well with the WA indexes it shows both fathers and mothers surnames. My take on that on that is they dont necessarily have to be married. But the children are named for the father. If he was not around after 1905 then he was with someone else maybe. But he didn't marry anyone else as there is none for John Donald McLean.

Hope he not related to my next door neighbours......I think they came from WA.

He is .............Mclean

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