Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Eulo, Queensland |
School | Mareeba State School and Technical College, Cairns, Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Mareeba, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, James Anderson Kearney, Mareeba, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served in the Junior and Senior Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 25th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/6 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Corbie, France |
Age at death | 24.8 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension (Row C, Grave 13), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 105 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Anderson and Winifred Mary KEARNEY, Mareeba, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2765 Sergeant Donald Leo KEARNEY, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 24 July 1919. |