Patrick GEARY

GEARY, Patrick

Service Number: 1928
Enlisted: 29 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Wild Duck Creek, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor driver
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World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 57th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
8 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
8 Jul 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
25 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux
8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 57th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
10 Dec 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1928, 57th Infantry Battalion, RTA 23 September 1918 and discharged for family reasons.

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Biography

Born

Father

Next of kin in service:
Cousin   4707 Pte Owen GEARY - 22nd Battalion
             5/11/1917 returned to Australia

Cousin   4716 Pte Ambrose GEARY - 21st Battalion
             24/12/1918 returned to Australia

Cousin   108 Sergeant Mark Phillip GEARY - 4th Light Horse Regiment
             15/11/1918 returned to Australia

Cousin   221 Pte Maurice Timothy GEARY - 13th Field Artillery Brigade
             20/12/1918 returned to Australia
             22/10/1919 passed away in Coburg, Victoria

Cousin   222 Pte George GEARY  -  13th Field Artillery Brigade
             21/3/1919  returned to Australia

Cousin  1620 Lance Corporal Walter (Daniel) Carmody - 60th Battalion
            6/11/1918  returned to Australia
            18/7/1919  died in Australia - buried in Milawa Cemetery, Milawa, Victoria

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23/9/1918    Returned to Australia

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 6/5/2015.  Lest we forget.

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