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CARNEY, James Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX47355 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1940, Enlisted Newcastle, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 18 July 1918 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness in Captivity - Prisoner of War, Burma, 30 November 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery A12.C.18 Honoured Kempsey NSW Street of Honour named after him James Carey Cres |
| Tree Plaque: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 28 Aug 1940: | Enlisted 2nd AIF WW 2, Private, SN NX47355 , 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 18 Feb 1941: | Involvement 2nd AIF WW 2, Private, SN NX47355 , 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement 2nd AIF WW 2, Private, SN NX47355 , 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Edward CARNEY was born on 18th July, 1918 in Kempsey, NSW
His parents were Thomas Edward CARNEY & Maude Matilda RYDE who married in Kempsey in 1915
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IN MEMORIAM
CARNEY - In sad but loving remembrance of our darling son & brother, Private James Edward Carney who died whilst a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp in Burma on 30th November, 1943
"The voice we loved we hear no more
that voice is forever still
but oft in memory and in love
our eyes with tears will fill"
Inserted by his sorrowing Mother, Brothers & Sisters
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