KERR, Robert John Leslie
| Service Number: | 2760 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 21 December 1885 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant, Forestry Department |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 23 April 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France |
| Memorials: | Beechworth Forest Service of Victoria Roll of Honour, Carlsruhe Roll of Honour, Whittlesea Memorial Arch, Whittlesea War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2760, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2760, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2760, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 23 Apr 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-04-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Robert John Leslie Kerr was the eldest son of Mr. Robert Kerr, assistant at School 3139, Northcote.
He was born on the 21st of December, 1885, at Slaty Creek, near St. Arnaud. He attended his father's school, and, later, Prospect House, Kyneton.
In 1904, he was appointed junior teacher at School 2957, Victoria Park, Collingwood; in 1908, head teacher at School 3347, Talgitcha, and assistant at 2634, Armadale. He resigned in the same year, obtaining an appointment in the Forestry Department.
He enlisted on the 23rd of August, 1916, embarking on the 2nd of December with the Sixth Reinforcements to the 57th Battalion on the transport Nestor.
While training in England, he was transferred to the Officers' Cadet Battalion at Oxford on the 3rd of April, 1917. He was promoted 2nd Lieutenant on the 1st of August, 1917, went to France to join his unit on the 19th, was promoted Lieutenant on the 23rd of April, 1918, and was killed on the same day."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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