"Robin" Robert Alexander KERR

Born 23 September 1919 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland ^[16]
Son of Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR ^{[5: 9-Feb-1945]}
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]

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