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Richard Cleere

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Cleere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 49526 AWMM
    • WWI 49529 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 December 1880 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    • 06/12/1880 Public - Nicholas Heath - Other relative - 21 June 2018 - Parish Register, St John's Church, Kilkenny, Ireland
    • Unknown Public - Nicholas Heath - Other relative - 21 June 2018 - Wrong person
  • Place of birth
    Kilkenny, Ireland Public - Nicholas Heath - Other relative - 21 June 2018 - Parish Register, St John's Church, Kilkenny, Ireland
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Cleere (mother), County Kilkenny, Ireland AWMM
    • Mrs Mary Cleere neé Hennessy, Bonnetsrath, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland Public - Nicholas Heath - Other relative - 21 June 2018 - Parish Register, St John's Church, Kilkenny, Ireland
      Census of Ireland, 1911
    • Mrs Cleere (mother), County Kilkenny, Ireland AWMM Public - Nicholas Heath - Other relative - 21 June 2018 - Wrong person
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 49526 AWMM
    • WWI 49529 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Hospital attendant/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Richard Cleere was the son of Piree and Kate Cleere, of Brounstown Kilkenny, Ireland. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 April 1918 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM

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  • Richard Cleere is I believe the great-uncle after whom I was named. My name is Richard Francis Aalders a.k.a. as Rob and Robin.

    My mother was Johanna Elizabeth Aalders, nee Walsh. Her mother was Mary Cleere who married a William Walsh. I believe Richard Cleere was Mary Cleeres brother and thus my great-uncle.

    I have started doing a genealogical trace of my matrilineal line and I would appreciate any information that Richard Cleere's descendents can provide on his family links in Kilkenny.
    Public - Rob - Direct descendant - 27 April 2018
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  • My great uncle, Richard (Dick) Cleere emigrated with his sisters from Kilkenny to New Zealand. Shortly after arriving war broke out and Dick returned to Europe to fight in the Great War but never returned.

    We have visited the memorial in France which commemorates where he died.

    We are unsure where he originally settled in New Zealand. My mother, his neice, knows that one of his sisters went to run a hotel near te Franz Josef Glacier with her husband, but we have no other information.
    Public - Nick - Direct descendant - 5 November 2017
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 June 2018Nicholas HeathFairy Hill, AustraliaOther relative
27 April 2018RobKanimbla NSW AustraliaDirect descendant
05 November 2017NickYorkshire, UKDirect descendant

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