Edward Arthur CLEARY

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CLEARY, Edward Arthur

Service Number:	2362
Enlisted:	7 May 1915, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 7th Reinforcement’s 14th Infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 28th May1915.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Natural Causes , Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 13 July 1949
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic Section Grave 1058.
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World War 1 Service

7 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2362, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 7th Reinforcement’s 14th Infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 28th May1915.
10 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2362, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2362, 14th Infantry Battalion, RMS Persia, Melbourne
23 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2362, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field ANZAC
18 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion
14 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion
1 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion
26 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion
5 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2362, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
23 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, AIF Headquarters, Posted to No4 Officer Training Course Oxford First appointment course
2 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion
21 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Corps School (AIF), Attend Lewis Gun Course Australian Corps School France
1 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2362, 14th Infantry Battalion, Appointment terminated in the AIF on demobilisation 3MD Melbourne

WW1

The details provided are taken from the book "Stealth Raiders - a few daring men in 1918" written by Lucas Jordan, published 2017, refer to page 264. Prior to the war he was a horse driver of Hawthorn Vic. He enlisted 7th May 1915 aged 29 years. He was promoted to Lieutenant during the war. He survived the war and departed the UK for home 13th April 1919.

Submitted 27 January 2020 by Maxwell HILL

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Late of Fitzroy (1915) Hawthorn (1919) Warburton (1922) Canterbury (1933) Warburton (1936) Footscray (1940) Victoria.

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