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CLEARY, Francis Patrick
(Service number 64701)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Sergeant

Birth

Date 26 March 1890 Place of Birth Waimate, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 61 Ellice Street, Wellington
Occupation Telegraphist
Previous Military Experience South Canterbury Regiment - disbanded
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Maria CLEARY (mother), Waimate, Canterbury
Religion Roman Catholic
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Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

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Discharge

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Death

Date 22 January 1954 Age 63 years
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Memorial or Cemetery Papatoetoe Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis Patrick Cleary was the eldest son of Irish-born Thomas and Maria (née Fahey) Cleary. In 1906 he was a letter carrier at Waimate. He married Margaret Keane on 27 September 1922 at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Hamilton. His brother Michael was also called up.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 December 2018]; Papatoetoe Cemetery headstone transcription (NZSG cemetery records) [16 December 2018]; information from Ken Elliot, 18 September 2018

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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