Gerald Ernest KERN

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Service Number:	WX41446
Enlisted:	3 May 1944
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Pemberton, Western Australia, Australia, 18 November 1924
Home Town:	Pemberton, Manjimup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Pemberton State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Timber Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 14 May 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row A. Grave 27. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Manjimup War Memorial, Pemberton War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX41446
3 May 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, WX41446, 55/53 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
3 May 1944:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX41446

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