McKean, Alexander

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M.A., Sci. I : Captain, 18th Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli and England. Enlisting as captain 18th Battn. 15th May, 1915, and sailing 25th June, reached Gallipoli 19th August, being wounded at Hill 60 on 22nd and evacuated to Wandsworth Hospital, England, and then to Australia, arriving in April, 1916. Re-embarking as captain and adjutant on transport duty 7th October, was for a time O.C. Z Coy., Wareham Camp, England, returning again in April, 1917, and being finally demobilised in January, 1918, after service as Commandant, German Concentration Camp, Trial Bay. Member of Teachers' College.

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1882

Birth in Murrumburrah -- NSW, Australia 1882
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Military service as Captain at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom 1915
1915

Enlisted 15 May 1915
1916

Military service as Captain 1916
1916

Assistant at Penrith -- NSW, Australia 1916
1926

Headmaster at Temora -- NSW, Australia 1926
1926

Headmaster at Orange -- NSW, Australia 1926
1937

Headmaster at Annandale -- NSW, Australia 1937
1946

Headmaster at Wickham -- NSW, Australia 28 January 1946
1946

Retired from teaching 28 Jan 1946 at Wickham [ NSW Australia ]
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Headmaster at Grafton -- NSW, Australia

Gender

Male

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