GEARY, Mark Phillip
| Service Number: | 108 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Northcote, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Brunswick, Victoria, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 108, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
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| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 108, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 108, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 15 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 108, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 108, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 108, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Born ______, Northcote, Victoria.
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 221 Pte Maurice Timothy GEARY - 13th Field Artillery Brigade
20/12/1918 returned to Australia
22/10/1919 died of an Aneurism at Caulfiedl Military Hospital, Victoria
Brother 222 Pte George GEARY - 13th Field Artillery Brigade
21/3/1919 returned to Australia
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
Previous service: 4 years Military Troop, 10th Light Horse Regiment
Described on enlisting 22 years 7 months old; single; 5' 8 1/2" tall; 11 stone 11 lbs;
dark complexion; greyish eyes; brown hair; Roman Catholic
18/8/1914 Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
25/8/1914 Commanding Officer appointed Mark to A Squadron, 4th Light Horse Regiment,
Broadmeadows Camp
19/10/1914 Embarked from Port Melbourne on board HMAT Wiltshire A18
as a Private in 4th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
15/5/1915 proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
27/9/1915 Promoted to Provisional Corporal, in Anzac, Gallipoli
25/10/1915 Promoted to Corporal, in Anzac, Gallipoli
26/10/1915 Promoted to Temporary Sergeant, in Anzac, Gallipoli
27/12/1915 disembarked ex Caledonia into Alexandria
18/1/1916 admitted with Mumps - No. 4 Auxillary Hospital, Heliopolis
reverts to permanent rank of Corporal
20/1/1916 transferred to Regimental details, Heliopolis
5/2/1916 discharged to duty, and rejoined 4th Light Horse Regiment
29/2/1916 to be Provisional Sergeant
6/3/1916 Promoted to Sergeant, 4th Light Horse Regiment
22/8/1917 sick to hospital, Kazar - 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance
3/9/1917 rejoined regiment
1/10/1917 sick to hospital, Tel-El-Tara (def vision)
20/10/1917 transferred to Montazah, Abbassia (nasal issues)
12/11/1917 joined Mustapha details in Moascar
6/12/1917 to 4th Light Horse Regiment
19/12/1917 rejoined regiment
12/2/1918 detached to Central Gas School, Rafa
20/2/1918 rejoined regiment
15/5/1918 sick to hospital - Egyptian Expeditionary Forces
16/5/1918 admitted with Balauctis - transferred to Gaza
19/5/1918 admitted with Influenza - transferred to Base, Kantara
20/5/1918 admitted with Balauctis - Abbassia
19/6/1918 marched in to 31st General Hospital - Moascar
6/7/1918 marched out to 4th Light Horse Regiment
10/7/1918 rejoined regiment - Egyptian Expeditionary Forces
15/11/1918 Embarked on board Port Darwin for return to Australia (for 1914 leave)
24/12/1918 disembarked into Australia
22/2/1919 discharged from service in AIF
Medals:
1914-15 Star (3009); British War medal (881) and Victory medal (881);
1967 Margaret applied for a Gallipoli Medallion on behalf of her deceased husbane
Married Margaret Josephine Geary (nee _____)
now living at 2 South Audley Street, Brunswick, Victoria.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 6/5/2015. Lest we forget.
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