McGeary Anthony Pte 4457969
Personnel Entry
Name McGeary Anthony
Army number 4457969
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1918/19.
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Previously reported MISSING, now known to be KILLED in ACTION Category "A" 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L, while with 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. No known grave. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
Home address Son of Edward and Elizabeth McGeary.
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