Donald Christopher McLean

Private

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Donald and Margaret Teresa McLean, of Dunedin, Otago.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

SOLDIER'S DEATH. The inquest on Donald Christopher McLean, aged 34, a returned soldier, who died from a throat wound last Friday, was concluded this morning before Mr H. W. Bundle. S.M., sitting as Coroner. Sergeant Spencer conducted the proceedings for the police. Dr W. J. Porteous gave evidence that McLean had an extensive throat wound which could have been self-inficted. Death must have been practtoally instantaneous from hemorrhage and shock. The Coroner returned a verdict ot death by suicide while in a state of extreme mental depression caused by ill health.

EVENING STAR, ISSUE 25241, 31 JULY 1944, PAGE 2

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Casualty

Service Number:

13128

Name:

Donald Christopher McLean

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

28 July 1944

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Dunedin (Anderson's Bay) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

23. 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand