KEARNEY, Albert Patrick
| Service Number: | 1449 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Trundle, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Suicide, Newcastle Station, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1931, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-10. 39 |
| Memorials: | Trundle WWI Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1449, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 4 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1449, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1449, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 13 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1449, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Sickness |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Honour and Dignity restored to a Returned Veteran of The Great War who died tragically and is now resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.
89 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 7th April 1931, Private Albert Patrick Kearney, 2nd Division Ammunition Column (Reg No-1449), labourer from Gobondery Street, Trundle, New South Wales and Long Road, Narrabri, N.S.W.?, father of two, was laid to rest with a military funeral, age 34. CATHOLIC 1-10. 39.
Born at Wellington, New South Wales on the 1st August 1896 to John and Ellen (Elizabeth?) Kearney; husband of Eileen E Kearney nee Cribb (married 1920, Sydney, N.S.W., died 1956?), Bert enlisted August 1915 with the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment at Lithgow, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 23.8.1916 (not stated), Bert returned home July 1917, being discharged on the 13th August 1917. Bert reenlisted on the 25th September 1918 at Trundle, N.S.W.
Mr Kearney’s name possibly inscribed on the Gulgong District Soldiers’ Memorial.
The tragic circumstances of Bert’s death was widely reported, the coroner's report and verdict was suicide.
Bert had been resting in an unmarked grave, or so I thought, so July 2019 I went to place a cross when to my great surprise, and relief, Mr Kearney had been very recently officially commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip. CATHOLIC 1-10. 39.
I would love to contact descendants responsible for further information and photos please.
Lest We Forget.
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