Edward Henry KERN

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KERN, Edward Henry

Service Number:	6534
Enlisted:	17 April 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Karridale, Western Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	East Perth, Western Australia, 22 December 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican Sect WE 0079
Memorials:	Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Pemberton Honour Board, Pemberton War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6534, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6534, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6534, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish

Between 22 December 1916 & his discharge in 1918, Edward had spent considerable time in hospitals in England suffering with Deafness, Trench Fever a Pulmonary condition. He was returned to Australia, disembarking at Albany on 26 February 1918 on board Pt Darwin. He was declared medically unfit for further service and was discharged on 15 March 1918 because of Chronic Bronchitis. Attributed to his war service in France.

Edward is the son of Jerome KERN and Mary Agnes nee KENNEDY.

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