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Samuel CLEARY

Regimental number2882
Place of birthKent, England
SchoolPublic, New South Wales
Age on arrival in Australia2
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationQuarryman
AddressBroadmeadow, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Martha Cleary, Young Road, Broadmeadow, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name46th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/63/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Napier on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux
Age at death40
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1(Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Emma CLEARY, husband of Martha E.E. CLEARY, Minola Street, Hamilton, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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