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KEARNS Victor(1923) Lionel   

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'KEARNS, Victor(1896)'		 KEARNS Victor(1896) Lionel,  
b. 05 Aug 1896, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 09 Apr 1965, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
Marriage 08 Apr 1922  Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location 
Family ID F846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart










'MORRISON, Ellen'		 MORRISON Ellen Madeline,  
b. 24 Feb 1901, Coolumbooka, NSW Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 18 Jan 1979, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
Marriage 08 Apr 1922  Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location 
Family ID F846  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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'(KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
'KEARNS, Victor(1923)'
'Wedding (BRINKWORTH Dorothy Jean 1923_2015)'
'(KEARNS Eleanor Maria 1878_1964)'
'Telegram to Vic from his mother during WW2'
'Vic'
'Vic with son Victor (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
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'Vic and Jan at Clarencetown (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
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'Vic at his daughter, Glynis`s wedding (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
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KEARNS Victor(1923) Lionel and Joy Evans Wedding Day
KEARNS Victor(1923) Lionel and Joy Evans Wedding Day
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'd: Ancestors 5 Generations (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: Ancestors 5 Generations (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: Signing up for the Military WW2 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: Signing up for the Military WW2 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: Kamburi CARTOON OF VIC KEARNS POW (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: Kamburi CARTOON OF VIC KEARNS POW (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: Traffic Offence July 1952 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: Traffic Offence July 1952 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: 11 Oct 1945 Reported Recovered, prev POW (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: 11 Oct 1945 Reported Recovered, prev POW (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: Found Alive in Siam (Thailand) 19 Sep 1945 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: Found Alive in Siam (Thailand) 19 Sep 1945 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
'd: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"d: (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
headstones (3)
Headstones
'h: Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery Queensland'"h: Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery Queensland"
'h: Funeral Notice December 2006'"h: Funeral Notice December 2006"
'h: Burial Service on 5 Oct 2007 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'"h: Burial Service on 5 Oct 2007 (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)"
histories (2)
Histories
Victor(1923) Lionel KEARNSVictor(1923) Lionel KEARNS
Vic KEARNS POW WW2 Changi and Thai Railway
Victor(1923) Lionel KEARNSVictor(1923) Lionel KEARNS
Vic Kearns - POW WW2 Chagi and Thai Railway
certificates (2)
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'c: Marriage Certificate'
'c: Birth Certificate'
morephotos (4)
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'Vic holding Darrel, Joy holding Glynis, standing - Barry and Victor (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_200'
'Vic with Victor, Barry, Glynis and Darrel (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
'Vic with Victor, Darrel and Glynis (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
'Joy and Victor (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
residences (11)
Residences
'r: Electoral Roll 1963 Carlisle, Perth, WA'
'r: Electoral Roll 1963 Hamilton South'
'r: Electoral Roll 1958 Hamilton'
'r: Electoral Roll 1954 Carrington'
'r: 1946 Electoral Roll Carrington'
'r: Electoral Roll 1949 Carrington (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1896_1965)'
'r: Vics Old house at Clarencetown'
'r: Chin Chen St shop in Islington'
'r: Shop Nelson St Wallsend - Joy and Pam'
'r: Electoral Roll 1980 Clarencetown (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
'r: Electoral Roll 1977 Clarencetown (KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'
  • '(KEARNS Victor Lionel 1923_2006)'    		 KEARNS Victor(1923) Lionel 
    Nickname Vic 
    Birth 21 Jan 1923  Carrington, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 21 Jan 1950  Wallsend Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 Dec 2006  Newcastle. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremated 29 Dec 2006  Newcastle Memorial Park Beresfield Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 05 Oct 2007  Brisbane Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery [MEMORIALS-PALM VIEW-55] Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5  NewcastleLinks
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 

    Family 1
    'WELSH, Janice'    		 WELSH Janice Noelene  
    d. 08 Feb 2014, Clarencetown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2025 

    Family 2
    'EVANS, Joy'    		 EVANS Joy,  
    b. 18 Nov 1929, Carrington, Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location
    d. 15 Feb 2012, Waratah Hospice Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 27 Apr 1946  Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce 16 Dec 1965 
    Family ID F832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2025 

    Family 3
    'SHELLY, Eleanor'    		 SHELLY Eleanor Adele,  
    b. 20 Oct 1940, Merewether, Newcastle, NSW Find all individuals with events at this location
    d. 07 Apr 2013, Sandgate, QLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1973  Newcastle Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2025 

Victor(1923) and WELSH Janice Noelene's children :
F544
Victor(1923) and EVANS Joy's children :
F832
Victor(1923) and SHELLY Eleanor Adele's children :
F545



NOTES:
  • Notes 


    • occupation : furniture dealer (new & used)
      shop : Nelson St Wallsend. residence : Clarencetown
      Born 21 JAN 1923

      BDM NSW REG#2036/1923 (birth) "KEARNS VICTOR L" f-VICTOR L m-ELLEN M district-WICKHAM

      BDM NSW reg #13433/1946 (marriage - kearns) "KEARNS VICTOR LIONEL/EVANS JOY" distict-Newcastle


      Married in Congregational Church - Brown Street, Newcastle by the Rev D Davies
      Divorced on 16th December, 1965 at Newcastle Supreme Court

      BDM NSW REG #80639/1973 "KEARNS VICTOR LIONEL/SHARKEY ELEANOR ADELL" at NEWCASTLE

      Death 26 DEC 2006
      Ashes burried at Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery in Brisbane : Location - MEMORIALS-PALM VIEW-55



      1940 aged 17 years, having just joined the army [declared he was 20!!!]:


      Vic spent 5 and a half years in the Australian Army during WW2. Most of that
      time as a POW in Changi(Singapore) and later in Kamburi on the Thai-Burma Railway in Thailand.

      Cartoon drawn in Kamuri POW camp on the Thai-Burma Railway:



      Vic and Joy before they were married at Dossy and Fonsi's wedding in late 1945.
      Vic had not long before returned from being a POW in Thailand.
      Vic was still in army, discharged 2 Jan 1946 :




      Married to Joy 27 April 1946, Vic and Joy soon had a quickly growing family :
      Married in Congregational Church - Brown Street, Newcastle by the Rev D Davies on 27 April, 1946
      Divorced on 16th December, 1965 at Newcastle Supreme Court
      ->->Marriage Certificate


      Joy and Vic early in their marriage


      Early 1947 : Vic with first son Victor Brian :



      Late 1952 : Glynis, Joy, Barry, Darrel Victor Brian and Vic :




      1953_54 : Vic with Victor, Darrel and Glynis :



      1953_54 : Vic with Victor, Barry, Glynis and Darrel :


      Vic and Joy divorced on 16th December, 1965 at Newcastle Supreme Court after many years of an extremely rocky marriage,
      in which Vic had severe addictions to alcohol and gambling.
      On a positive note, in the years after the divorce Vic started attending AA and managed to bring his alcohol addiction
      under control.


      Chin Chen Street shop in Islington:


      One of his early furniture shops in Wallsend:


      Taken 13 Nov 1982 at Neil and Margaret's wedding showing Vic and Joy's children :
      Darrel (30), Glynis(31), John (22), (Joy), Neil (25), (Margaret), (Vic), Barry (33), Graham (27), and Victor(35) :



      Vic taken May, 1988, aged 65 :



      Vic's Funeral Notice in the Newcastle Morning Herald December 2006 :


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