KEARNEY, Walter
| Other Name: | Kearney, Walter Tasman - Pages 6 and 8 of his service record |
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| Service Number: | 538 |
| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campania, Tasmania, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Mingenew Upper Irwin Roads Board District Roll of Honor WW1, Walkaway Irwin and Greenough and Districts Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 538, 44th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 538, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 538, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Lambert
Walter Tasman Kearney (ID 538) on his enlistment to WW1 stated his NOK was a friend, Olive Rhodes in Western Australia and that he was a drover. He stated that other relatives were dead - His father died in 1914, but his mother didn't die until 1932. He went overseas to war and in August 1919 married Jessie Mary Knight in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, in August of 1919. He was back in Australia in December 1919. In 1936 Walter and Jessie lived 15 McNae Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria. He was described as a hairdresser and of course she was doing home duties. Walter died in 1956 and was buried in the Fawkner Memorial Park as is Jessie who died in 1973.