Thomas Daniel KEARNEY

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KEARNEY, Thomas Daniel

Service Number:	2744
Enlisted:	2 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Euroa, Victoria, 10 October 1886
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Natural causes (prostate cancer), Maryborough, Queensland, 2 May 1963, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland Grave Location: Garden of Rest-Lawn 7-vii-Grave 370; buried with wife Florence Alice Kearney.
Memorials:	Euroa Telegraph Park

World War 1 Service

2 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2744, Melbourne, Victoria
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2744, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2744, 14th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
18 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2744, 14th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of William M. KEARNEY and Christina (nee CAMERON) KEARNEY

Husband of Florence Alice (nee WILLIAMS) KEARNEY, married 05 Oct 1907 at Childers, Queensland

Children: Ivy Kathleen Flora (nee Kearney) Howe, Florence Alice Agnes (nee Kearney) Down, Thomas William (1912), William Thomas & Thomas Daniel (Dan) KEARNEY

Miltary: ANZAC - Australian Imperial Force - Embarked Ship: SS Makarini - WWI - 8th Reinforcement, 14th Australian Infantry Battalion; Service Record of Private: Thomas Daniel KEARNERY; Service No: 2744; Date & Place of Enlistment: 2nd July 1915; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Date & Posting at Discharge: 26th May 1919; Disembarked Ship: A39 Port Macquarie (Demobilization).

Death: 02 May 1963 - Base Hospital - Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.

Burial: 3rd May 1963 - Maryborough Lawn Cemetery - "Garden of Rest"; Cnr - Walker St & Bruce Hwy - Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

"2744 Thomas Daniel Kearney, 14th Battalion. A miner from Preston, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Kearney embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Melbourne on SS Makarini on 15 September 1915. Later promoted to Acting Sergeant, he reverted to the rank of Private at his own request. Subsequently gassed, he was evacuated to England. Following his recovery he rejoined his unit and returned to Australia on 28 March 1918..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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