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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Roebourne
• Land Western Australia, Australia
• Last residence 42 Bellevue-Terrace, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
• Family Son of Daniel Matthew Gleeson and Jane Gleeson, of 218, Lake St., North Perth, Western Australia; husband of Mabel Reichard; one daughter, Violet Jean; his brother Ernest George was KIA on 16 August 1916;
• Profession Horse driver

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 8 March 1915, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Service number 854
• Rank Corporal
• Medals 1914-1915 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 28th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked 29 June 1915, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
  Wounded in action 8 December 1915
  Proceeding overseas to France 28 February 1917

Death

• Wounded 4 October, Broodseinde Ridge
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds abdomen in n°2 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 29
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - K - 10A

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