KERR, Robert Albert
| Service Numbers: | 14049, V82160 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1915, 4.5 years Senior Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station |
| Born: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 29 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ambulance officer |
| Died: | Illness, Victoria, Australia, 11 July 1943, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton RSL WW2 VALE Honour Board, Kyneton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14049, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 4.5 years Senior Cadets | |
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| 26 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 14049, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 3rd MD |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement V82160 | |
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| 28 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V82160 |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 14049 & V82160 Sergeant Robert Albert Kerr of East Richmond and Kyneton, Victoria, who prior to enlisting for War Service on the 18th of November 1915 had been employed as an ambulance officer. Robert was allocated to the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station 1st AIF and was embarked for England and further training on the 20th of May 1916.
By the 27th of September, Robert had arrived in France and was formally taken on strength with his Unit in the trenches. Robert’s service as a medical orderly would be continuous until he was evacuated to hospital on the 18th of September suffering from influenza, and within a week, he was sent back to England for further medical care due to being diagnosed as suffering from trench fever.
Following his recovery, and a respite of leave, Robert was transferred to the Australian Army Medical Corps Training Dept at Fovant on the 17th of January 1919, and with the War now over he began his repatriation back to Australia, departing England on the 31st of May 1919.
Having returned to Australia Robert received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 26th of August 1919.
Following the commencement of a Second World War, Robert again presented himself for service with the Australian Military Forces when he re-enlisted on the 28th of November 1939, and was accepted for full-time duty within Australia.
Robert’s service would be continuous, and by 1943, he was serving with the Australian Army Pay Corps District Accounts Office Victoria Lines of Communication when he would be evacuated due to illness. Whilst still being hospitalized, Robert succumbed to sickness on the 11th of July 1943, at the premature age of 51.
Following his passing Sergeant Robert Kerr, a veteran of the ‘Great War’, and who had chosen to serve his country with the Australian Military Forces, during a second world conflict, was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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