| Surname: | Geary |
| Initials: | E J |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 808642 |
| Notes: | CMP. Royal Artillery, 10/4/1937 transferred to CMP. Casualty List 561, Missing, Crete, 2/6/1941. Casualty List 646, Crete, Now POW, 2/6/1941, previous List 561 shown as missing. POW Stalag VIIIA, Gorlitz, Saxony. Casualty List 1838, POW, reported POW not now POW, previous list 642, Crete. Shown on RMP Nominal Roll 12/1952 S/Sgt. (RMP 1960). Questionnaire for Ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MI5-X. 78454. 808642, Sgt, Geary, Ernest Joseph, CMP, born 10/12/16, enlisted 19/1/31, address: 15 Hitchin Road, Arlesy, Bedfordshire, captured 1/6/41 in Crete, now wounded when captured, main camps in which imprisoned: Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, 9/41 to 2/42, Stalag VIIIA, Gorlitz, 11/43 to 2/45, were you in a working camp? Weisswasser O/L, from 2/42 to 2/45, as interpreter, did you suffer any serious illness whilst POW? Gastritis, 26/10/43 ti 1/11/42, did you received adequate medical treatment ? Yes. Sabotage: breaking of electrical equipment at the Luftwaffer baulager, Weisswasser O/L, Germany. Ernest Joseph Geary. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette: Corps Journal Page: 4/4 Quarter Nov. 1, 1958) |
| Citation: | Hong Kong Pro Coy. |
Prisoner of War Record: | |
| Imprisonment: | Stalag VIIIA GERMANY 🇩🇪 |