LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Joseph KEARNEY
Service No: 72678
Born: Taralga NSW, 9 January 1898
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 November 1942
Discharged from the RAAF: 1 February 1944
Unit at Discharge: No. 2 Wing Air Training Corps
Died: Illness (Tuberculosis), NSW, 18 January 1946, Aged 48 Years
Buried: Botany General Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Bridget Keamey; husband of Kathleen Veronica Kearney, of Bondi
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 97, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 72678