Soldier profiles
Name : KEARNEY, THOMAS FRANCIS
Service Number : NX88330
Date of Birth : 15/07/1915
Place of Birth : SYDNEY, NSW
Known as : DARKIE, TOM
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 12/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : MARRICKVILLE, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : EWAN, NORMA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : D COMPANY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 13/12/1945
Date Died : 09/05/1975
Age at Death : 59
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4626612 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, AWM_PR86/009, Sydney Morning Herald Death Notice 10/05/1975, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/08/1975 p4
Background : AWM has (id PR86/009) diary containing brief entries relating to landings at Tarakan and Balikpapan and news of the atomic bomb and later peace announcement, demobilisation papers and certificates of service. The collection also contains 'Call to Arms' certificate presented by the Municipality of Marrickville.
