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George Coutts Kerr

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Maadi Camp near cairo, Egypt c. 1943. NZ Troops on rest & recreation following battle at El Alamein. The tokomaru Bay soldiers gathered together for a formal dinner. Front table L-R going round: RalphRisborough. Keith Oates, Jacob RYLAND, Hoe OATES, Henry POTAE, Chino MULLIGAN. Middle Table L-R: Bill CHAFFEY, Jack CONOLE, ?, Bosie McCULLOUGH, Jack BURDETT. Among the remainder are George KERR, Digger JEFFERD, Goldie WHEELER, Hector RODDA, Baldy MORRIS & Jack TANKARD (Minister), all from Tokomaru Bay

TOKOMARU BAY SOLDIERS

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Coutts AWMM
  • Surname
    Kerr AWMM
  • Ingoa
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    WWII 33824 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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  • Birth
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    b. 1918 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
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    Son of George Coutts & Jessie Grace KERR Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Tokomaru Bay AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Tokomaru Bay AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Tokomaru Bay AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Miss M. Kerr, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, and Miss J. Kerr, Aorangi Hospital, Palmerston North (sisters) AWMM
    • WW2 Miss M.G. Kerr, Lewisham Hospital, Wgtn. (s) AWMM
    • WW2 Miss M.G. Kerr, Lewisham Hosp., Wellington (s) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • Pre 1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • Pre 1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • 1948 George Coutts KERR married Margaret Phyllis L'HULLIER Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 March 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.254 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.78 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.217 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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31 March 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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