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GURR, Kenneth William

Service Number:	527
Enlisted:	30 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	East Adelaide, SA, 1 July 1891
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Chainman SAR
Died:	29 March 1968, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens Path 6 Grave 524A
Memorials:	Adelaide Cambrai WW1 Roll of Honour, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Sedan Institute Honour Roll, Sedan Pioneers and War Memorial and Flagpole

World War 1 Service

30 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 527, 14th Machine Gun Company
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 527, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 527, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 527, 5th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George GURR and Elizabeth nee SEARLE