Royal Richard KERBY

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Service Number:	2248
Enlisted:	12 February 1916, Place of enlistment - Prahan, Melbourne Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, 1896
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Memorials:	Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor

12 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Place of enlistment - Prahan, Melbourne Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2248, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A67' Orsova from Melbourne --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2248, Returned to Australia HT Devon disembarked Melbourne 27th November 1919

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Son of of Mr James Macklam and Mrs Margaret Anne (nee Brennan) Kerby of Ballarat, Victoria.

Brother of

1364 Sergeant Macklam James Martin Kerby (DCM) - 3rd Tunnelling Company killed in action France 27th November 1916 (1886);
Major Edwin Thomas John Kerby - 8th Battalion returned (1888);
Stella Bertha Jessie Kerby (1890);
Harold Laurence Allison Kerby (1892);
Vera Sylvia Kath Kerby (1893);
115 Private Norman Vivian Gladstone - 7th Battalion, B Company killed in action Gallipoli 25th April 1915 (1895) and
51630 Private Noble Victorious Charles Kerby - 3rd General (Victorian) Reinforcements returned (1899).