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Albert Stewart Kearney

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Stewart AWMM
  • Surname
    Kearney AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    10232 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    10232 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.100 Tiler/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.100
    Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.100
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Albert Kearney was the son of John Kearney and of Eliza Kearney (nee Defoe), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Ellen Rhoda Kearney, of Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM
    • Albert's mother was Eliza Jane KEARNEY nee DEVOY Public - Gail Desma - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 - Marriage certificate

Death

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  • Death
    23 October 1942 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. A. 24. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • In loving memory on Anzac Day 2020
    Public - GAIL - Other relative - 25 April 2020
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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2116846
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.100 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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