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Alexander KERR

Regimental number2143
Place of birthBurrum, Queensland
SchoolHoward School, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressBurrum, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, William Kerr, Burrum near Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row H, Grave No. 18), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Isabella KERR, Burrum, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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