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Leo Garnet Oleary 1894 - 1954

Leo Garnet Oleary of Jamieson Australia was born in 1894 in Jamieson, Mansfield Shire County, VIC to Arthur Oleary and Margaret Frances (Rogerson) Oleary. He had siblings Mary Frances Oleary, Bertram Robert Arthur Oleary, William John Oleary, Francis Oleary, and John Oleary. Leo Oleary married Adelaide Elizabeth Mary Pinnuck in 1920, and died at age 60 years old in 1954 in Windsor.

Leo Garnet Oleary

Jamieson Australia

1894

Jamieson, Mansfield Shire County, VIC, 3723, Australia

1954

Windsor, VIC, 3181, Australia

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Introduction

Leo Garnet O'Leary was born in 1894 in Jamieson, Victoria. He served in the UK Military from 1914-1920. He was a Bombadier and was a World War II veteran. He was wounded in action in Belgium when he received a gun shot wound to the right knee. Leo worked many jobs including working as a carpenter, a decorator in St, Toorak, Victoria, and a farmer in Pyramid Hill, Echuca, Victoria, Australia. In 1920, he married Adelaide Elizabeth Mary Pinnuck (1894-1974) and they had a son together, Leo Kenneth O'Leary (1921-1996).
1894

Birthday

1894

Birthdate

Jamieson, Mansfield Shire County, VIC 3723, Australia

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Nationality & Locations

Leo was born raised and spent his life in Victoria, Australia. he lived in Toorak, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia in 1919 and lived in Prahran Gardens, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia in the 1920's. In teh 1930's he was living in Pyramid Hill, Echuca, Victoria, Australia.
Military Service

Leo served in the UK Military from 1914-1920. He was a Bombadier, in Field Art and was a World War II veteran. He was wounded in Action in Belgium when he received a gun shot wound to the right knee.
Professional Career

Leo worked as a carpenter, a decorator in St, Toorak, Victoria, and a farmer in Pyramid Hill, Echuca, Victoria, Australia.
1954

Death

1954

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Windsor, VIC 3181, Australia
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Leo Garnet Oleary lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.

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In 1894, in the year that Leo Garnet Oleary was born, large reserves of oil were discovered on the Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Previously thought to be "useless" land - not even good for farming - the tribe had bought the land themselves. The discovery of oil made the Osage the "richest group of people in the world" at the time.

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In 1918, at the age of 24 years old, Leo was alive when on November 11th, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending the fighting on the Western Front in World War I. This meant a complete defeat of Germany although Germany never formally surrendered. It took another six months of negotiations to sign an actual peace treaty between the warring parties.

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