Kenneth Cyril McCleland
Kenneth Cyril McCleland
B01191 (AWM)
Born 1890
Place Moscow, Russia
Ethnic origin British
Religion Church of England
Mother Ann McCleland (nee Shanks), born in Russia
Family
Wife Cecil McCleland (nee MacDevitt), married 1922 in Port Moresby, Papua
Residence before arrival at Australia By 1901 lived in Tunbridge Wells, England, with widowed mother. Studied at Oxford, including 2 years in officers training corps.
Arrived at Australia
from London
on 06.1913
per Osterley
disembarked at Melbourne
Residence before enlistment Tresco, Lake Boga, Victoria
Occupation 1915 Farmer, orchardist; 1922-1923 Patrol officer in Papua
Service service number 10551
enlisted 27.04.1915
POE Melbourne
unit 1st Australian General Hospital, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 4th Australian MG Squadron
rank Private, Lance Corporal
place Egypt, Palestine 1915-1919
awards 1918 DCM (LG 18/02/1918)
final fate RTA 19.08.1919 (from England)
discharged 22.01.1920
Naturalisation Natural born British subject
Residence after the war 1920 Samarai & Buna Bay, Papua
Died 1923, Samarai, Papua
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA) (McCleland)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM) (McCleland)
Digitised recommendation for award 1 2 (AWM) (MacClelland)
Portrait of Trooper K C McCleland DCM, 4thAustralian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron. B01191 (AWM)
Blogs and forums
Mike Lucas, Three Russians in the A.I.F., The Orders and Medals Research Society, Autumn 1993, pp. 224-227 Forum Sammler.ru
Newspaper articles
Papuan notes. - Cairns Post, 28 November 1923, page 3