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Rupert CLEARY

Regimental number3793
True NameCLEARY, Rupert Rex
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelephone fitter
Address12 Leslie Street, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Cleary, 12 Leslie Street, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date29 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll.
Discharge date28 November 1916
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3792 Pte Frank CLEARY, 23rd Bn, returned to Australia, 31 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board NZHS 'Marama', 31 August 1916

(disordered action of the heart & tachycardia); discharged (medically unfit), 28 November 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 19741 Rupert Rex CLEARY for second period of service.
Date of death28 August 1937
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLEARY Rupert

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