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Robert KERRIGAN

Regimental number1510
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressSouth Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMiss K M Kerrigan, South Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date29 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 13 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of disease whilst a Prisoner of War; secondary fate: DOI
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*no date of fate
Date of death15 February 1917
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialBaghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row B, Grave No. 1), Iraq
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
76
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Mary Ann KERRIGAN; husband of Jane Ellen KERRIGAN, Gulgargambone, New South Wales
Miscellaneous detailsP O W BURIED ASIA MINOR, BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

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