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KERR, Hugh
(Service number 72490)

MacKenzie County Veterans XV, 1919 — Back; G Sherwin (Ref), J Corbett, Rfl Edward Wade, NZRB (Teamster), Tpr William Robert McConnell, SCMR. Pte Thomas Hugh (Logan) Goodley OIR (Butter maker), Sister Munro, Rfm Edward Clarke NZRB (Baker), Pte Kenneth James Pickering SCIR (Clerk), Pte Joseph Jess Cullimore SCMR (Wheelwright), Allan McKinnon.

Front: Cpl Robert John Beattie (Jack) Robinson (Manager) SCIR (Shepherd), LCpl Fred Collins NZRB (Stock agent), Rfm Patrick Hanifin NZRB (Farm hand), Rfm Cornelius (Con) Hanifin NZRB (Farm hand), Tui Kerr, Pte Archie Loomes SCIR (Blacksmith), Sgt John O'Neill NZRB (Farmer), Rfm Ballance Seddon MacKenzie Slow NZRB (Farm hand). (Courtesy of Albury Mob Facebook page & J Sutherland )

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank

Birth

Date	25/10/1897	Place of Birth	Fairlie

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Telegraph cadet clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs H. KERR (mother), P. O. Box 75, Fairlie
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	37th Reinforcements, B Company
Date	9 May 1918
Transport	Liverpool, England, via Panama
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	2 July 1954	Age	56 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Fairlie Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Hugh KERR was born in 1897 at Fairlie, the younger son of Hugh and Elizabeth (Bessie, nee FRAYNE) KERR.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [05 May 2015], Fairlie Cemetery headstone transcription (SC Branch NZSG Cemetery Records microfiche) [05 May 2015]

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