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Wallace Alexander KERR

Regimental number3077
Date of birth14 October 1896
Place of birthOakey Creek, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStockman
AddressCoolah, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, J F Kerr, Oakey Creek via Gunida, Coolah, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 6 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 16 October 1917

FateReturned to Australia 3 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: enlisted, Rockhampton, Queensland, 5 September 1941; discharged as Q54892 Corporal, 15th Garrison Bn, 14 September 1944.
Date of death25 August 1971

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