Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Eulo, Queensland |
School | Mareeba State School and Technical College, Cairns, Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | c/o Mrs J A Kearney, Mareeba via Cairns, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, James Anderson Kearney, Mareeba via Cairns, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served as Sergeant in the Mareeba Volunteer Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 25th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Cairns branch, 19 November 1913. Transferred to Atherton branch, 21 November 1913 (appointed ledger keeper, June 1914). |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Corbie, France |
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. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Contracted meningitis in France; invalided to England, and returned to Australia. Re-enlisted, December 1916. Embarked embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 'Hororata', 14 June 1917, as 2nd Lieutenant, 25th Bn, 20th Reinforcements. Struck by a shell fragment during a gas attack, 5 June 1918; died several hours later. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), pp. 210-11. |