Military service
Age:
48
Rank:
Master
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Queensbury (London, England) (162488)
Birth:
November 30, 1892
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
June 6, 1941
Offshore Montrose, Scotland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 85.
Additional information
Husband of May Cleary, of Harton, South Shields, Co. Durham.
On 6 June 1941, the Queensbury was sailing alone when a German aircraft bombed and sank her in position 56°50'N/02°07'W. The captain, eight crew members and a gunner lost their lives.
Digital gallery of Master Alban Francis Cleary
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Photo of ALBAN FRANCIS CLEARY
Alban Cleary, brother of Allan Cleary who died on July 1, 1916 at Beaumont Hamel -
Photo of ALBAN FRANCIS CLEARY
Photo of Alban Cleary taken at Newcastle on Tyne
Digital gallery of
Master Alban Francis Cleary
Digital gallery of
Master Alban Francis Cleary
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 113 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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