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KERBY, Macklam James Martin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1364 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, Place of enlistment - Casula, Sydney New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mount Pleasant State School / Grenville College |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Black Watch Shaft, France, 27 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row C, Grave 21, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1364, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Casula, Sydney New South Wales | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1364, Mining Corps, Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Sydney --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 22 Sep 1916: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, For service at FAUQUISSART on 18 and 19 July 1916, he went to 'No-man's-land', and assisted his Officer to adjust a push pipe which had become mis-directed. The leads had been cut in several places by shell fire, and he showed the greatest courage in adjusting them. | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1364, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1364 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Husband of Annie Matilda Kerby of Richmond, Melbourne Victoria.
Eldest sibling of Mr James Macklam and Mrs Margaret Anne (nee Brennan) Kerby of Ballarat, Victoria.
Brother of
- Major Edwin Thomas John Kerby - 8th Battalion returned (1888);
- 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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