KERIN, John
| Service Number: | 7391 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 December 1912 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Stoker |
| Last Unit: | HMAS AE2 (Submarine) |
| Born: | Currawarna, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1885 |
| Home Town: | Coolamon, Coolamon, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 1947, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Non Warlike Service
| 17 Dec 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Stoker |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 Dec 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 7391, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) |
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World War 1 Service
| 30 Jun 1919: | Involvement Leading Stoker, 7391, HMAS AE2 (Submarine) |
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World War 2 Service
| 30 Jun 1919: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, 7391, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Anne KERIN
Of Coolamon, NSW
On leaving school he was employed as a fireman.
Enlisted in RAN 17 December 1912 for 5 year engagement.
Qualified as a Diver 29 August 1913
Served on Submarine 01 January 1915 - 30 June 1915
Prisoner of War in Turkey
He was imprisoned mainly at Belemedik. He survived his time as a Prisoner of War but was ill with influenza when he arrived back in London in December 1918. He took a month to recover.
After his return to Australia he was discharged at own request on expired engagement 30 June 1919
He was later employed as a boilermaker.
Died 18 May 1947 suddenly at his residence 21 Craigend Street, Kings Cross, Sydney, NSW
Buried Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.
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