Lawrence Eric GEERING

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GEERING, Lawrence Eric

Service Number:	24760
Enlisted:	20 June 1941, Melbourne, VIC
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore)
Born:	Arno Bay, South Australia, Australia, 7 January 1923
Home Town:	Kimba, Kimba, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Despatch Clerk
Died:	Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia, 26 October 2009, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Naracoorte Cemetery, S.A. Plot D68 Father R. Litjens officiated. Funerals directors were Mader Funerals, Naracoorte
Memorials:	Kimba WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

20 Jun 1941:	Involvement 24760, HMAS Torrens (Depot) / HMAS Encounter (Shore)
20 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Melbourne, VIC
20 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 24760
6 Mar 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Richard Geering and Florence Hilda Rowe; husband of Claire.

Brother of Hubert Richard Geering, Norman Alfred Geering, Edward Victor Geerin, Muriel Eugenie Geering, Floence Alvis Geering, Oliver William Geeering, Douglas Cedric Geering, Una Marjorie Geeing and Ken Alan Geering

After the war Lawrence settled on a soldier Settlement property on the Coles-Spence Road about 20 miles north east of Lucindale in the Lower South East of South Australia. After he retired he went to live in Naracoorte where he died at the age of 86 years

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