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KEARNS, Edward Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 378, 603 |
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| 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, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 378, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 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, 378, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
| 23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 603, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 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, 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 603, 20th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 603 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-10-03 |
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