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James Frederick KERSEY

Regimental number7061
Place of birthMelbourne
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMine timberman
AddressBroken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinWife, Mrs D N Kersey, 40 Morang Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date14 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies Sept 1916 to Feb 1918 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
FateDied of disease 8 May 1919
Age at death from cemetery records43
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 386), North Tidworth, Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Pajrents: Henry Thomas and Martha KERSEY; husband of Daisy Naomie KERSEY, Joffre Street, Burwood, Victoria

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