Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
McBean N A Pte 241 Norman Alexander 41 Inf Bn 26 Storekeeper Single Pres
Address: Oalburn, Townsville, Qld
Next of Kin: McBean, Mary, Mrs, mother, 24 Bloomfield Rd, Ascot Vale
Enlisted: 18 Oct 1915
Embarked: A64 Demosthenes 18 May 1916 (Sydney)
Date of Death: 09/10/1918
CWGC: "Son of Mary and the late John Sinclair McBean, of 42, Bloomfield Rd.,
Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia. Native of Melbourne".
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Pte. N. A. McBean, aged 29 years, youngest son of Mrs. Mary A. McBean and the late John Sinclair McBean, late of Newmarket, died from gas effects at Aldershot, England, on 9th October. He enlisted in Queensland in the 41st Battalion during October, 1915, and was wounded twice and admitted to hospital on 10th August, 1918. Pte. McBean was a brother of Mr. W. H. McBean, of "Orama," Shaftesbury street, Essendon, and also a brother of Mr. J. G McBean, Kensington.
THE FLYING CORPS. (1918, October 24). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 29, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607468 |
ROLL OF HONOUR
Pte. N. A. McBean, son of Mrs. Mc Bean, late of Railway
place, Newmarket, and who enlisted with the Queensland
Reinforcements, has been gassed.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, August 29). The Essendon
Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter
(Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition:
Morning. Retrieved August 10, 2012, from
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607004
GASSED.
McBEAN -An official cable message has been received
that Private N A McBean, son of Mrs McBean, sen.,
Orama, Shaftesbury street, Essendon has been gassed
and is dangerously ill, admitted to Australian General
Hospital 9/8/18. He enlisted with Queensland reinforce-
ments in May, 1915.
The Argus 2 September 1918
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1401789
DIED OF WOUNDS.
McBEAN - Private Norman A., youngest son of the
late John Sinclair McBean and Mary A. McBean
(late of Newmarket), died of wounds (gas effects).
Enlisted in Queensland. Twice previously wounded.
The Argus 18 October 1918
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1437252