| Surname: | Geary |
| Initials: | E J |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 808642 |
| Notes: | CMP. Royal Artillery, 10/4/1937 transferred to CMP. Casualty List 561/6, Missing, Crete, 2/6/1941. Casualty List 646/5 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. MSM. Medal card not found. 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 🇩🇪 |