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Joined the 166th Battalion, CEF, in Toronto, Ontario, on 21 January 1916 (number 669259) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 27 November or 1 December 1916 - wounded on 30 June 1917 - rejoined the 38th Battalion on 4 July 1917 - killed in action on 17 August 1917 - buried in La Chaudière Military Cemetery (grave X.C.8), France.
(Updated with an image of Pte McClelland's headstone in La Chaudière Cemetery that I took in August 2012).
(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Debt of Honour" register, www.cwgc.org)
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