James Joseph CLEARY

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CLEARY, James Joseph

Service Number:	418069
Enlisted:	25 April 1942, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	RAF Conversion Units
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia , 27 December 1919
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	St. John's School West Footscray, St. Joseph's Christian Brothers' College North Melbourne
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental, England, United Kingdom, 14 January 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery Plot 51. Sec. H. Row Q. Grave 243.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 418069
25 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418069, RAF Conversion Units , Melbourne, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Francis and Elizabeth Agnes Cleary of West Footscray, Victoria, Australia.

HE GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY. REST IN PEACE, MY SON

Mr and Mrs E A Cleary, of Southampton st., West Footscray, have received word that their only son, Flight Sgt James Joseph Cleary, R.A.A.F., was killed in an air accident in Britain on January 14.
Educated at St. John's School, West Footscray, and St, Joseph's Christian Brothers’ College, North Melbourne, Flight Sgt. Cleary before his enlistment was with W. Angllss and Co.

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