Edwin Thomas John KERBY

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KERBY, Edwin Thomas John

Service Number:	V354742
Enlisted:	11 November 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Division Headquarters
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria Australia, 12 April 1888
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Genville College, Ballarat Victoria
Occupation:	Electrical Engineer
Memorials:	Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

11 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A32' Themistocles, Melbourne --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
29 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Infantry Battalion, S.W. Rt Lung Rejoined unit 10th July 1915 to command "A" Company at Gallipoli
5 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Infantry Battalion, G.S.W. Chest
19 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to Australia on HMAT 'A16' Star of Victoria disembarking Melbourne 29th February 1916
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Embarked on HMAT 'A32' Themistocles from Melbourne
10 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, Wounded by bomb explosion while acting as an instructor, blinded in left eye
25 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Division Headquarters
30 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major
25 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Returned to Australia on RMS Orontes disembarking at Melbourne on 30th January 1919

World War 2 Service

3 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, V354742

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son 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);
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);
2248 Driver Royal Tressillian Richard Mcgrain Kerby - Australian Motor Transport Section returned (1896) and
51630 Private Noble Victorious Charles Kerby - 3rd General (Victorian) Reinforcements returned (1899).

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