Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Cleary Wynford Howard

Born Hobart Tasmania the son of William Frederick and Caroline Eliza Cleary a clerk he embarked Sydney 18^th October 1914 on board “HMAT Argyllshire” with the 1^st Field Artillery Brigade and the rank of Corporal.

On the 22^nd April 1918 he was admitted to the 15^th Casualty Clearing Station with gun shot wounds to the legs. He died 27^th April 1918 at the 94^th Field Ambulance and was buried in the Ebblington British Cemetery.

His brother Errol Vincent Cleary (No 2056) was killed in action 7^th August 1915 on the Gallipoli Peninsula and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Turkey.

Military Medal

During operations at Westhoek on 4^th October 1917

Enemy shell caused a fire in a dump which rapidly spread owing to high wind – the flames preventing egress from several dugouts in the vicinity. These NCO’s (although HE shell was in iniment danger of being encircled by the flames) showed great courage and coolness and methodically got the fire under. Had the shell exploded, men in dugouts nearby would have been buried alive and the battery position destroyed. These NCO’s received slight burns in consequence.

Notification has been received that Sergeant Wilford Howard Cleary of the 1st Division, Australian Field Artillery, eldest and only remaining son of Mrs W F Cleary, 6 Mary Street, North Hobart, was killed in action on April 23 His younger brother, Private Errol, was killed at Lone Pine in August, 1915 The father of these two soldiers, Sapper W F Cleary formerly of Hobart Drainage Department, is still fighting in France and with his gunner son was recently awarded the Military Medal. 'Wyn,' who is a member of the clerical staff of H Jones and Co went to the mainland before the war and joined the New South Wales Artillery at the outbreak ho volunteered for service abroad, and was, with his battery at it Cape Helles all through the Gallipoli campaign, and had been ever since in France where ho met his father who had enlisted in 1915 and proceeded direct to the 'Western front’ While in France, ho received an arm wound, a leg wound, and was gassed, but soon recovered and returned to his battery in the firing line. He received his fatal wounds in the recent strenuous German offensive, and died, as stated on April 2-3 He had just passed his 28th birthday.

The Mercury 11^th May 1918

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