Edward (Spud) KERR

KERR, Edward

    Service Number: 109
    Enlisted: 1 March 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bears Lagoon, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1896
    Home Town: Janiember East, Loddon, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1970, aged 74 years
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Banksia, Wall U, Niche 110
    Memorials: Bears Lagoon 'Mossop' Memorial Tree, Bears Lagoon Great European War Roll of Honour, Bears Lagoon School Roll of Honor, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Serpentine Shire of East Loddon Great European War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 109, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    20 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 109, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    20 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 109, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    23 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, France
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 109, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 109, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    13 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 109, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Multiple GSW to right leg (severe, compound fracture, later amputated). Evacuated to UK.
    20 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 109, 38th Infantry Battalion, RTA 10 January 1918 and discharged (MU).

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