Wednesday 7 November 2007

Private Aaron Bernard Cleary

Born on 30 May 1895 in Havana, North Dakota - son of Thomas and Laura A. Cleary, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan - recruitment records provide the following: present address in Quantock, Saskatchewan, single, Roman Catholic, trade as farmer, height of 6 feet 4 inches, chest of 40.5 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, in Regina, Saskatchewan, on 31 January 1918 (number 256589) - taken on the strength of the 28th Battalion, CEF, on 5 September 1918 - transferred to the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 21 or 22 September 1918 - died of sickness in France on 24 January 1919 - buried in Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery (grave I.A.10), Belgium.

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