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George Kerr

In memory of:

Private George Kerr

September 7, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

141715

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

4th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 12, 1891
Hawick, Scotland

Enlistment:

July 27, 1915
Welland, Ontario

Son of Andrew and Jane Hay Kerr, of Hawick, Scotland.

Commemorated on Page 113 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. F. 19.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of George Kerr– Photograph of George Kerr in civilian clothes taken at Niagara Falls, Ontario shortly after entering Canada, circa 1912.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England, 2008
  • Photo of GEORGE KERR– In memory of the men joined the 76th Battalion CEF and died while serving in other Battalions. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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