Ernest KEARNEY

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Service Number:	571
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Greenock, South Australia, Australia , 5 December 1885
Home Town:	Kapunda, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Panel 35
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Greenock War Memorial Cairn, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens WW1 Plaque, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, The South Australian National War Memorial

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 571, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 571, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 571, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 571, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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