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Walter KERR

Regimental number2144
Place of birthBurrum, Queensland
SchoolHoward School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
AddressBurrum, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Isabel Kerr, Burrum near Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/16/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 1 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2144A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 August 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 39), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Isabella KERR, Burrum, Queensland
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 4, Row C, Grave No. 39

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