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KERTON, George Findon

Service Numbers:	2138, 2190
Enlisted:	7 February 1916, 4th Reinforcement Private
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 19 May 1879
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1929, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales W-15-CE-SL-6652
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 2138, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
15 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 2138, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Sydney on SS Maplemore.
12 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 2138, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Campaigned in Eastern Transvaal and Eastern Orange River Colony.
4 May 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 2138, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, R.T.A. from Cape Town to arrive back in Sydney on 3 June 1902. Awarded the QSA Medal with five clasps upon his demobilization.

World War 1 Service

7 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2190, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcement Private
11 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, 2190, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Sydney on HMAT A44 Vestalia
27 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, 2190, 53rd Infantry Battalion

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