Lance Corporal

George Thomas McCleery

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Hugh and Mary M. McCleery; husband of Letitia B. McCleery, of Otipua, Canterbury. Born at Outram, Otago. Served in the Balkans in 1915, Egypt, 1915-16, and on the Western Front, 1916-18.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/2670
Name:
George Thomas McCleery
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Hugh McCleery (father), 1 Saint Andrew Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
1 Saint Andrew Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of heart failure
Date of Death:
28 July 1919
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
30
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Lot 20.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
George Thomas McCleery
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