CLEARY, Michael St Leger
(Service number 6/4011)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 18 May 1872 | Place of Birth | Hokitika |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Public Works, Waihao Downs | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | Miss A. CLEARY (sister), 56 Bristol Street, Saint albans, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 February 1920 | Age | 48 years |
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| Place of Death | Wairoa | ||
| Cause | Accident | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Wairoa | ||
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Biographical Notes
Michael St Leger Cleary was the son of Matthew Michael and Cecil (Cecilia) Josephine (née Kelly) Cleary. Private M. St. L. Cleary was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp. He died when he fell from the balcony of a hotel where he was sleeping while working with a survey party.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915, Hastings Standard, 19 February 1920 (Papers Past) [12 & 17 August 2019]
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