Co Cork, Ireland & Sandford, Victoria, Australia
Patrick CLEARY b. c1852, Co Cork, Ireland, son of Jeremiah CLEARY and Johann SEXTON (or Joan LEIGH) was married in 1886, Co Cork, Ireland to Mary DEASY, b. 1858, Barryroe, Co Cork, Ireland, daughter of John DEASEY and Mary BRICKLEY.
Patrick, Mary and infant son Jeremiah CLEARY emigrated from Ireland to Victoria in 1887 and settled at Sandford, near Casterton in south-west Victoria where more children were born in the following years.
Two of their sons joined the AIF in WW1 and served overseas, with Jeremiah becoming a Soldier Settler on "Eldersie" Estate, Langkoop, west of Casterton after the War.
Patrick and Mary moved to Portland around 1929 where they are both buried.
Patrick CLEARY Mary DEASY had the following family...
- Jeremiah CLEARY b. 1886, Ireland, d. 1967, Portland, Victoria (labourer, single, served in WW1, Soldier Settler on "Elderslie" Estate at Lankkoop.
- enlisted in the AIF on 10 Apr 1917, Hamilton, Vic.
- served as Pte 1252, 39th Battalion, AIF
- Gassed in France in 1917
- RTA 17 May 1919
- Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
- Sandford S.S.1654 WW1 Honour Roll
- Sandford War Memorial
- Soldier Settler "Elderslie" Estate, Langkoop, Vic.
- John Michael CLEARY b. 1889, Sandford, Vic, d. 1977, Casterton, Victoria, m. Mary Veronica DALEY 1899-1980, 3 children.
- William David CLEARY b. 1892, Sandford, Victoria, d. ___, Sydney, NSW, m. Georgina Isabella SHAW 1889-1986, 3 children.
- Francis Patrick CLEARY b. 1895, Sandford, Vic, d. 1982, Melbourne, Victoria, m. Veronica SMITH, 3 children.
- Bank Clerk, enlisted in the AIF on 1 Aug 1917, Ballarat, Vic.
- served as Pte 6772, 21st Battalion, AIF
- 5 Oct 1918, wounded in action, France
- RTA 3 Jan 1919
- Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
- Sandford S.S.1654 WW1 Honour Roll
- Sandford War Memorial
- Mary Kathleen CLEARY b. 1898, Sandford, Vic, d. 1966, Melbourne, Victoria, m. Joseph Bernard McGANN 1895-1957, 4 children.
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