CLEAT, John
| Service Number: | 78 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, Townsville, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 8 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Winton, Winton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | England, 23 February 1970, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Winton & District Roll of Honour WW1, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 78, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 78, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 78, 15th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Elizabeth CLEAT, St Leonards Road, Ayr, Scotland. His father was a Wine and Spirit Merchant.
At the time of enlistment John was residing at Dan Rheidol, Winton, Qld.
John suffered from Enteric Fever in 1915 and was evacuated to England to hospital for 6 months. He was told after discharge from the Hospital that his heart was slightly affected.
He married Madeleine Ethel AYRES who was a hospital nurse in England 10 May 1916 at the Register Office, Weymouth, Dorset, England.
At the end of the War he and his wife returned to Australia 16 October 1919 and he was discharged as medically unfit 3 December 1919. There were 2 daughters born in 1917 and 1919 by this marriage.
It appears that John returned to England in 1933 and remarried to Jessie Smith Gillespie VEITCH and had one daughter.
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