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John KERR

Regimental number2527
Place of birthThalia Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressThalia via Wycheproof, Victoria
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary P Kerr, Thalia via Wycheproof, Victoria
Enlistment date20 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 2), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary KERR, Thalia, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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