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Eric Alexander McCLEERY

Regimental number3354
Place of birthCamberwell, Victoria
SchoolCamberwell State School, Victoria
ReligionCongregational
OccupationClerk
AddressCanterbury, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, W McCleery, 138 Canterbury Road, Canterbury, Victoria
Previous military service48th Infantry
Enlistment date17 September 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death19.6
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialCardiff Cemetery (E.B. NC. 50), Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: WIlliam and LIzzie MCCLEERY, 33 Currajong Avenue, 5th, Camberwell, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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