Original grave marker of 1058 Private (Pte) Alan James Kerr, A Company, 24 Battalion, of ...

Accession Number P03668.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made 1916-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Original grave marker of 1058 Private (Pte) Alan James Kerr, A Company, 24 Battalion, of Camberwell, Vic. Prior to enlisting with the AIF, Pte Kerr attained the rank of lieutenant with the Senior Cadets, Citizens Military Forces. He enlisted on 19 January 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. He was later commissioned to the rank of Lieutenant (Lt) and was killed in action on 27 July 1916 at Pozieres, France. Lt Kerr also had a brother who enlisted with the AIF; Captain Eric John Kerr, 11th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, of Camberwell, Vic, who was killed in action on 4 October 1917 at Ypres, Belgium.

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