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Military service
Service number:
219353
Age:
46
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1870
Hamilton Township, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 1, 1915
Barriefield, Ontario
Death:
November 19, 1916
Courcelette area, France
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Brother of Jane Kerr of Port Hope, Ontario.
Private Kerr, had passed the military age and therefore might have remained at home without reproach to himself from within or without. He reasoned that those who had no dependents ought to lead the way and by doing to could do something to save the others.
Digital gallery of Private George Kerr
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Photo of George Kerr
Book of Remembrance (A record of the men of Port Hope who participated in the Great War of 1914-1918)" by James A. Elliott, Chairman of Committee, Port Hope, Jan 1, 1919 (Transcribed by Peter Bolton 2001) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private George Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private George Kerr
Digital gallery of
Private George Kerr
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 113 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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