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Alexander Kerr

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 6 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 6 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Kerr AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Alex AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9/2079 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 February 1889 AWMM Waikouaiti, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Kerr (mother), care of Mrs A. Sinnell, Cecil Road, Wadestown, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 9/2079 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 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    7 June 1947 AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in action at Messines AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alexander Kerr was the son of Mary Kerr of 8 Upper Rata Rd, Hataitai, Wellington, and the late William Kerr.

    New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, p.141. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. C. 296. AWMM
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  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald Roll of Honour, 7 June 2017

    Pvt. 9/2079 First Battalion, Otago Mounted Rifles.
    Killed in action at that bloodiest of places Messines on 7 June 1917. (100 years ago today). Aged just 28.
    Remembered always with love by his descendants The Murrays, The Olausens, The Bradleys, The Bycrofts, The Dominicks and The Hepplestons. RIP Alex. AWMM
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