George GEARY

GEARY, George

Service Number: 222
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

28 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 222, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 222, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne

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Biography

Born

Father Timothy Geary and Mother Mary Geary (nee ____)
living at 175 Albert Street, Brunswick, Victoria

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

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

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

Brother 221 Pte Maurice Timothy GEARY - 13th Field Artillery Brigade
            20/12/1918 returned to Australia
            22/10/1919 died of Aneurism at Caulfield Military Hospital, Victoria

Cousin  1928 Pte Patrick GEARY - 57th Battalion
            23/9/1918 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

Described on enlisting

Enlisted

28/5/1915     Embarked from Port Melbourne on board HMAT Persic A34 (with Maurice #221)
                    as a Private in 4th Light Horse Brigade, 13th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron

 

 

21/3/1919    Returned to Australia

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

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