Leslie George KEARNEY

Regimental number27306
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs V R Kearney, 20 Wroxton Terrace, Fendalton, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Victoire Rose Kearney, 20 Stratford Street, Fendalton, Christchurch, and the late George Miles Kearney. Native of Gough's Bay, Banks Peninsula. Previously wounded at Messines
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 16