"Robin" Robert Alexander KERR
Born 23 September 1919 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland [28]
Son of tractor driver Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR [28]
He was born at 1:25am at his parents home, which was 24 Cassillis Road, Maybole [28]
His father, who was later an Army Pensioner, passed away at the age of 37 on 10 March 1922 at their home in Maybole, Ayrshire [28]
Departed London, England with his mother and two siblings on the Borda for Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 February 1925 [203]
Later in 1925 his mother married for the second time to Waddy Forest farmer "Billy" William Scott MITCHELL [66]
Resided with his mother, stepfather and siblings on farmland in Waddy Forest[19]
Student at the Waddy Well State School in Waddy Forest [P12] and then as a boarder at the Geraldton High School [5: 25-May-1934]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Parkin Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
He and his stepfather were among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth for the Royal Show in 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1939 [4: 29-Jul-1939]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1939 [0: image 03886]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the motorised 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was a local militia unit made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1941 [16]
Sergeant WX11654 in the Australian Army's 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 December 1945 [16]
After the war obtained farmland on the Waddy Estate through the Soldier Settlement Scheme [61]
Farmer in Waddy Forest [19]
In February 1943 his engagement to Miss Joan COX of Naraling was announced [0: image 04208]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1952-1959 [0: image 04682] [4: 24-Jul-1959]
Retired to 16 Doulton Street in Jurien Bay and resided there until his death in 2002 [1] [90]
Husband of Joan [19]
Father of Beryl, Ian, Colin and Barry [45]
Died 12 November 2002 on the Brand Highway in Geraldton; buried at Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah (Row H, Plot 10) [1]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Robert Alexander Kerr' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/robert-alexander-kerr [reference list] |
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