Regimental number | 656 |
Place of birth | Bourke Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Electrician |
Address | 215 Ascot Vale Road, Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Andrew Kerr. Same address. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Divisional Signal Company 2, Section 2 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/12/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Divisional Signal Company |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
Medals |
Military Medal 'North west of POZIERES on 6th/14th August, 1916. Gallantry in the field and devotion to duty. This N.C.O. has been in charge of 4th Brigade Report Centre during the time the Brigade has been in the line. He has carried out his duties most gallantry and persistently, and has personally gone out under heavy shell fire and repaired broken telephone lines repeatedly, when it was most needed, during the recent operations of 14th and 15th Battalions. This good work has been repeated no less than six times since the Brigade has been in the line.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 Date: |
Date of death |