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Frank Augustine Kerr

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 391 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 391 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Augustine AWMM
  • Surname
    Kerr AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2/1029 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZ Register of Births, 1887/4121
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - Military Record File

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 March 1887 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    20 March 1887 Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZ Birth Register 1887/4121
  • Place of birth
    Kaitangata Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Blacksmith Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZ Electoral Rolls
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H. Kerr (mother), Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1929 Married Elsie Margaret Muir Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZ Register of Marriages, 1929/5128

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915 Gallipoli, 1916-18 France and Flanders Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/1029 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farrier Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Farrier-Sergeant Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - Military Personnel File

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 July 1946 Public Source
  • Date of death
    12 July 1946 Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZ Deaths Register 1946/24311
  • Age at death
    59 Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZ Deaths Register 1946/24311
  • Place of death
    Rotorua Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZ Deaths Register 1946/24311
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Ngongotaha European Cemetery Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZSG Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Lot 8, Section XI, 4954 Public - Murray - Other relative - 16 August 2017 - NZSG Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Te Puke School War Memorial, Te Puke Primary School, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty AWMM

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  • FARRIER-SERGEANT F. A. KERR.
    Farrier-Sergeant Frank A. Kerr, reported severely wounded, is a son of the late Mr. H. Kerr, Te Puke. He enlisted in an early reinforcement, has seen service in Egypt and Gallipoli, taking part in the fighting at the landing on the peninsula.
    REF: New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16579, 30 June 1917, Page 9
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024
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31 August 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
16 August 2017MurrayGlasgow, ScotlandOther relative

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