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Robert Murdoch KERR

Regimental number3177
Place of birthBurrumbeet, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressBurrumbeet, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Miss Essie Kerr, Burrumbeet PO, Burrumbeet, Victoria
Enlistment date2 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialAssevillers New British Cemetery (Plot XII, Row B, Grave no. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Archie and Annie KERR
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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