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William GEARY

Regimental number4430
Place of birthCamden, New South Wales
SchoolRoman Catholic School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPainter
AddressNorwood Street, Burwood, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFriend, H Boone, Norwood Street, Burwood, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName on RoH Bruno Geary; died at Randwick Military Hospital of uraemia and chronic nephritis.
FateReturned to Australia 24 August 1918
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
85
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Native of Camden, New South Wales

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