John Govett GEARY

GEARY, John Govett

    Service Number: 441
    Enlisted: 23 September 1914
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1871
    Home Town: Mundaring, Mundaring, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 47 years
    Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
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    Memorials: Mundaring Church of the Epiphany Plaque 3, Mundaring War Memorial, Sydney St. James Anglican Church Roll of Honor WWI
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 441, 13th Infantry Battalion
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Sergeant, 441, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 441, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 441, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 441, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    GEARY.—Killed in action in France, 13th Aug., 1918, John Govett Geary, Lieutenant, 13th Batt., A.I.F., fourth son of the late Harry Vincent Geary, and grandson of the late Captain W. H. Geary, R.N. 

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