Tributes

Many of the Cleary family highlights coincide with time spent with the Gillett’s and I have many, many fond memories of Terry; like him talking to the emergency dispatch while the Humpy medics attended to Dave the Kitesurfer (known by a different nickname with more alliteration). I have this vivid i

Terry employed me at Suncorp when I returned to Australia with my family, he was a very supportive and understanding leader at work and the team culture was great. When my wife needed open heart surgery Terry's caring nature and inate kindness shone through, he was so supportive of my family and I t

I first met Terry back in 1988 and we’ve had a long friendship ever since. He’s been an electronics buddy and we have collaborated on many projects. I’ve generally stuck with the tried and proven whereas Terry would push the boundaries and ask “what about this?” Terry subtly showed me the benefits

So sad to hear about dear Terry. I worked with Terry a bit at Suncorp Group where he ran the R&D lab, and during this time he came along to linux.conf.au in Brisbane in 2011 which I was volunteering at. I believe this is where he caught the open source community bug! After he left Suncorp, he went

I was a colleague of Terry at Suncorp. He bought a lot of rigour to the practice of Architecture. You knew that when he reviewed your Conceptual Solution Document that he would find inconsistencies or gaps and that you would need to demonstrate that you can defend your solution. All done in a colleg

Working to get the OLPC XO's working in remote locations across the world was made much easier when working with Terry. His knowledge, energy and supportive temperment were always appreciated. Cheers, TG!

My first correspondence with Terry was in 2015. The last message I received from him was July 25, 2023. Over the years we had countless whatsapps messages under the group (dLEAP) which was later, only me and Terry. The thousands of messages we had are in the log till today. Terry was passionate abou

If you have been involved in any way with Village Telco, you are bound to have come across Terry through either by using the fruits of his labour in developing Village Telco hardware and software or through the personal support he provided willingly to anyone seeking to offer affordable communicatio

I had the pleasure of working for Terry for a few years at Suncorp. Terry was always very supportive, had a can do attitude and said it how it was which was great. I will always be very grateful to Terry for all his help and guidance in my early years as a project manager. I really enjoyed work

I never met Terry in person but I feel very connected to him. He reached out to me when I was asking for some technical help with OLPC laptops that are being used by children in Pakistan. His generosity both with his time and money, his deddication to the cause of spreading knowldge to those who had

Terry was a great leader and boss, when we worked together at Suncorp. His kindness and compassion shone through. The world is a poor place without him. Deepest condolences to Margaret and all of Terry's family at this difficult time. Lots of love Monica

Although I never met Terry in person, we collaborated for years on the Village Telco project. Terry freely shared extensive engineering expertise and experience with a community that spanned the globe. He was unfailingly thoughtful and helpful to community members who were struggling to use low-co