Ernest Clifford GEARY

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Service Number:	NX21406
Enlisted:	15 April 1940, Inverell, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 9 October 1916
Home Town:	Gulf Creek, Gwydir, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Libya, Syria, 12 June 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya Location Ref: 5.P.6., Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya, Sidon War Cemetery, Sidon, Lebanon
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba St Laurence's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Barraba War Memorial

15 Apr 1940:	Involvement Private, NX21406, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
15 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Inverell, New South Wales
24 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX21406, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
12 Jun 1941:	Involvement Private, NX21406, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, K.I.A.

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Ernest Clifford GEARY was born on 9th October, 1916 in Barraba, NSW

His parents were James Henry GEARY and Susannah HAGAN

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Barraba

Far Away From All Who Loved Him In A Hero's Grave He Lies

Left by Glenda Geary on 9th August 2015

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