Leo Joseph CLEARY

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CLEARY, Leo Joseph

Service Number:	4077
Enlisted:	2 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Art Metal Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Memorial MR 26. Part11 C-F. (1835), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

2 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4077, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4077, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4077, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4077 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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Biography

Lance Corporal Leo Joseph Cleary was the son of Edward John Cleary and Jemima Cleary. He was only 18 when he signed up on the 2nd July 1915. He embarked with the 10th quota of reinforcemnts for the 22nd Battalion which fought in France and Belgium on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 3 May 2017 at Bullecourt. An eye witness account said that Leo was shot through the heart and so was killed instantly.

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