Edward Patrick (Ted) KEARNS MM

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Service Numbers:	378, 603
Enlisted:	11 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, January 1891
Home Town:	Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Patrician Brothers School, Bathust, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Fitter/Iron worker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, Sydney, New South Wales
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, SN 378, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, SN 378, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
4 Mar 1915:	Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, SN 378, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
23 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 603, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli
11 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
5 May 1916:	Honoured Military Medal
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
3 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal

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