KERR W.B.

Given Names:  William Buchanan

Service Number: 

Unit:  16th Battalion, F Company                                                                                      

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  21 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Insurance Broker                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                

Weight:  150 Lbs

Chest:  36 In

Hair: 

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/9/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Warren Kerr

46 William Street, Melbourne, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  22/12/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ceramic A40

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  16th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  14285

British War Medal:  7141

Victory Medal:  7115

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William Warren KERR                  

Mother:  Jane Buchanan GOSMAN

MARRIAGE

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Place:             

Spouse:  

DEATH

Date or Year: 2/5/1915                            

Place: Gallipoli, Turkey                            

Burial:  No known grave

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Boys Naval Brigade

Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 356159

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Father lived at 32 Balmoral Avenue, Kew; Mother lived at 29 Winton Street, East Kew