CARNEY, James Edward
| Service Numbers: | NX47355 , 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: | Warbro, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness in Captivity - Prisoner of War, Burma, 30 November 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12.C.18 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kempsey Streets of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX47355 , 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 28 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX47355, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Feb 1941: | Involvement Private, NX47355 , 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Australia's Northern Periphery | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Private, NX47355 , 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Prisoners of War | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX47355, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
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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
Biography contributed by Graham Prior
James Carney Crescent, West Kempsey is named for him
STREETS OF HONOUR - The Macleay Valley's Tribute to its silent heroes
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