Robert Alexander KERR

KERR, Robert Alexander

    Service Number: 1048
    Enlisted: 23 September 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Depot Units of Supply
    Born: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 18 March 1895
    Home Town: West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
    Schooling: Maitland High School, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Audit Clerk
    Died: Natural causes, Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1990, aged 95 years
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
    Cremated
    Memorials: Maitland High School Roll of Honour, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1048, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train
    21 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 1048, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
    21 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 1048, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney
    13 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1048, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    6 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Depot Units of Supply
    1 Dec 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1048, Depot Units of Supply, RMS Adriatic, Liverpool for New York and then in SS Sonoma from San Francisco on 24 December 1918 (all at own expense - 1914 leave) for return to Australia - arriving Sydney 14 January 1919 for quarantne.
    19 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1048, Depot Units of Supply

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Henry and Alice KERR

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