Ernest Arnold GEARY

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GEARY, Ernest Arnold

Service Number:	2445
Enlisted:	3 July 1916, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarrowitch, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1893
Home Town:	Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Gulf Creek Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bush-worker
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 15 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba War Memorial, Gulf Creek School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

3 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2445, Armidale, New South Wales
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2445, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2445, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
15 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2445, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2445 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-15

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Biography

"ROLL OF HONOR. NORTHERN MEN WOUNDED OR FALLEN.

BARRABA, Monday. The sad news reached town on Friday that Private Geary had been killed in action. Pte. Geary was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Geary, of Gulf Creek, very highly esteemed residents of that locality." - from the Tamworth Daily Observer 06 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)

"IN MEMORIAM. GEARY.— In loving memory of our dear nephew, Lance-Corpl. E. A. Geary, died of wounds in France on 15th Oct., 1917.

No space of time, no lapse of years, Can dim our dear Ernie's past;

A loving memory holds it dear, Affections holds it fast. (Inserted by his loving aunt and uncle, J. and R. Willison, Ashfleld, Sydney)." - from the Armidale Chronicle 15 Oct 1919 (nla.gov.au)

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