| 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. |