George William KEARNEY

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KEARNEY, George William

Service Number:	NX18319
Enlisted:	28 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1915
Home Town:	Port Kembla, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died Of Wounds, New Guinea, 22 September 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery EE. B. 10.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kellyville WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX18319
28 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX18319
28 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX18319, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW
22 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, NX18319, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, DOW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Husband of Thelma Rose Kearney, of Port Kembla, New South Wales.

KEARNEY.— In loving memory of my dear brother, Private G. W. Kearney, NX 18319, 2/17 Btn., AIF, who died of wounds in New Guinea on 22nd September, 1943.
We miss you most who loved you best.
Inserted by his loving sister and brother-in-law,P. and J. Gold, also nephews, Keith and George.

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