MCCLEERY, Eric Alexander
| Service Number: | 3354 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia , 24 March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Camberwell State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 3rd Western General Hospital (Ninian Park Section), Cardiff, Wales, 26 September 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial, Canterbury State School No 3572 Honour Roll, Canterbury State School War Memorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 3354, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 3354, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 26th September.......Eric Alexander McCleery was born at Camberwell, Victoria in 1899.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as an 18 year old Clerk from Canterbury, Victoria.
Private McCleery, Service number 3354, departed from Melbourne on 22nd December, 1917 with 37th Battalion & after a stop in Egypt arrived in England for further training on 14th February, 1918. He was sent to 10th Training Battalion at Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire, England on 14th February, 1918 & was appointed Acting Corporal on 26th Battalion. He then joined Officers’ Training School at Candahar Barracks, Wiltshire for 5 days then joined 9th Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire on 7th May, 1918 with the rank of Private.
Private Eric Alexander McCleery joined 37th Battalion at the front on 9th June, 1918. He was wounded in action on 1st September, 1918.
He was invalided to Wales & admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital at Cardiff, Wales on 6th September, 1918. He had a large flesh wound & later gangrene developed & his leg was amputated to mid thigh.
Private Eric Alexander McCleery died at 3.30 am on 26th September, 1918 & was buried in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales where 7 other Australians from WW1 are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/cardiff.html
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