Henry McLEAN

Constable Michael McLean was a Police Constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary for five years before he resigned to travel to Australia and joined the Queensland Police in September of 1913. McLean had been an Imperial Reservist in Ireland and at the outbreak of the war he was asked to report for duty. He reported for duty at Fort Lytton to arrange his return to England and received a leave of absence from the Queensland Police. McLean was a member of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards serving under the name of Henry Michael McLean. McLean and the Irish Guards were one of the first units to go into action in France and were at the retreat from the Battle of Mons in 1914. McLean is reported to have been killed at the age of 31 on 10 September 1917, during a morning barrage in the 3rd Battle of Opus in Belgium.