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KERR, Bert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 6037, 6037A |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Bet Bet, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Houplines, France, 28 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bowenvale Bet Bet State School & District Honor Roll, Maryborough War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6037, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 6037, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 6037, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 6037A, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6037A awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-01-28 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
From his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file witnesses stated Kerr was killed in action during a raid on the German trenches at Houplines by the 37th Battalion on 28 January 1917. The wire was not cut and casualties were heavy, the enemy machine guns opened fire whilst the raiders were trying to get over the wire and they did not get into the enemy trenches. 13 men from the unit were killed during this raid. Kerr’s body had to be left at the wire as the survivors took wounded back.