Alan James KERR

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Service Numbers:	1058, Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	19 January 1915, A Company
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Auburn, Boroondara - Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1894
Home Town:	Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk - Union Bank
Died:	Shell blast, Pozieres, France, 27 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 27
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

19 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1058, 24th Infantry Battalion, A Company
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1058, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
6 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1058, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1058, 24th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
15 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, In the field - Gallipoli
18 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-27

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