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Pte. Joseph McLean
British Army 8th (Ardwick) Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Bradford, Manchester
Joseph McLean enlisted on 4th March 1912. At the outbreak of WWI he volunteered for overseas service and on 9th September 1914 they marched to camp in Littleborough, transferring to Southampton the following day, where they boarded a ship for Alexandria, Egypt.
After months of training they were transferred to Gallipoli on 6th May 1915. He was reported injured twice, once in May and once in June, his name and number appear in both the Times newspaper and the Manchester Guardian. It was his second injury that forced him out of the war. He was transferred to Imtarfa Hospital on Malta to receive medical attention and to recover before being transferred back home. He was officially discharged on 13th March 1916. He died in 1925, aged 37.

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