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Walter George Kearns

1897-1964

Unit

7th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60431

About

Born

4 June 1897
Parents

Mother

Mary Kearns

Father

James Kearns

Settled in New Zealand

1899
Residence

Hometown

Hokitika
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 13th North Canterbury and Westland Regiment

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 66

    29 April 1964

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5922 40/0061813 , Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.75, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 49.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Walter George Kearns (1897-1964)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/437

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