Robert Michael GEELAN

GEELAN, Robert Michael

    Service Number: 2644
    Enlisted: 31 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Araluen, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Superior Public School, Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Drover
    Died: Killed in Action, Menin Road, Belgium, 20 September 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Braidwood Public School Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2644, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2644, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2644, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    27 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2644, 18th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the left leg and invalided to England on the 30 July 1916

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Francis Robert Geelan and Mary Geelan of 'Luidaville', 1 Lyall Street, Leichhardt, NSW. Brother of Francis John Geelan who returned to Australia on 24 July 1919 having served with the 14th Light Horse Regiment

    Several times he was promoted to the ranks of Lance Corporal and Corporal but each time was reverted to Private

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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