Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 2296
Place of Birth: East Freemantle, Western Australia
Address: 13 Hubble Street(WW1: 31), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Joseph McCreery
Enlistment Date: 7 June 1915
Unit Name: 16th Battalion; 48th Bn; 4th Division Pioneer Battalion
Age embarkation: 23
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Tinsmith
Date of Death: 4 August 1916
Place of Burial: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row E, Grave no. 14), France
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HISTORY
1916 Killed In Action. Died of wounds in France on August 4, Private George McCreery, dearly-beloved second son of Mr. and Mrs. McCreery, and loving brother of Wilfred McCreery, 31 Hubble street, East Fremantle; beloved brother of Private Joseph McCreery, on active service; loved comrade of Private Frank Hopkins, on active service; and, most sincere friend of Miss Rose Clancy; aged 23 years 10 months. (reference)
1918 In Memoriam. Died of wounds in France on August 4, 1916, Private George McCreery, dearly-beloved second son of Mr. and Mrs. McCreery, and loving brother of Wilfred McCreery, 31 Hubble-street, East Fremantle and beloved brother of Private Joseph McCreery (on active service). We miss and mourn you in silence unseen, And dwell in the memory of days that have been…Inserted by his sorrowing parents and brothers. (reference)
