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CLEAR, Frank Clifford
(Service number 83773)

Aliases
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Birth

Date	28 August 1896	Place of Birth	NZ

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Michael Street
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs E. CLEAR (mother), Michael Street, Waimate
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Death

Date	29 June 1944	Age	46 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Anglican Area, Plot 617
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Frank Clifford Cleary was the eighth child of Joseph Sealy and Ellen [née Tipping) Clear. His older brother William Tipping Clear died of disease in 1918; brothers Selby George and Cyril John Clear served in World War I. Frank was drawn in the seventh ballot.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2019]; Waimate Cemetery record; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 May 1917 (Papers Past) [29 April 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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