Sir Timothy Patrick Cleary (27 April 1900 – 15 August 1962) was a

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lawyer and judge. He was born in

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, New Zealand, on 27 April 1900. Throughout his life he was a devout Catholic. In the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cleary was appointed a

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, in recognition of his service as a judge of the

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