Allen John Gibson Cleary (Great-Great Grandfather)
22nd Battalion
14th Reinforcement
Left Melbourne in July 1916.
Lost his leg in battle and returned to Australia November 1917.
Allen’s brother James Joseph, also left on the same boat as him and died back in Melbourne of injuries sustained in battle.
Francis John Cleary (Great Grandfather)
Son of Allen (above)
VX28141
4th Anti-Tank Regiment
POW Thai-Burma Railway
(In this photo is his mate ‘Fitzy’ (L) – I did some research and found out this is Thomas Fitzpatrick and he died as a prisoner of war in Siam)
Horace William Telford (Great Grandfather)
34th Battalion
7th Reinforcement
Left Sydney January 1917.
Suffered severe gunshot wounds to his head and thigh.
Returned to Australia September 1918.