Goodwin Robert KERR

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Service Numbers:	VX142125, V215806
Enlisted:	17 March 1942, Frankston, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1911
Home Town:	Mordialloc, Kingston, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soft goods Warehouseman
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 9 December 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot 1A. Row B. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HE PASSED; A SOUL OF NOBLER TONE; MY SPIRIT LOVED AND LOVES HIM YET"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX142125
17 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V215806, 37th Infantry Battalion, Frankston, Victoria
15 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX142125
15 Jun 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 37/52 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF, Transferred to AIF and allocated number - VX142125

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