CREARY, Jack
Service Number: | NG2077 |
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Enlisted: | 28 May 1943 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
Born: | ASHFIELD, NSW, 4 November 1914 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
28 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NG2077, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit | |
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4 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NG2077, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
Jack's story
Jack Creary is my 2nd great Uncle. His father was Walter Creary - he married a Duncan from Botany Bay - his two brothers (one was my g-granfather) married two of his wife's sisters (Duncans). Jack's father Walter was a butcher in The Corso, Manly in the early 1900s, along with his brother. Walter Creary died from the influenza pandemic in 1919, leaving 3 children under the age of 5, one of which was Jack. Walter is buried in the old Manly cemetery. Jack's name is on Walter's gravestone. Jack was sent to be with one of the Duncan family in Maclean on the North Coast of NSW, where he went to school, later moving back to Sydney.
Submitted 30 May 2023 by Nicholas Reese