BUNDABERG GENERAL CEMETERY
Queensland
Australia
GPS Coordinates Latitude: -24.88445 Longitude: 152.32353
Location Information
The main entrance to Bundaberg General Cemetery is located in Takalvan Street in the west of the town.
Historical Information
The No.12 Elementary flying school of the RAAF was located at Bundaberg during WW2.
Total Burials: 46.
World War One identified Casualties: Australia 4.
World War two Identified Casualties: Australia 42.
Photo kindly supplied by Don Dennes, Project Officer, Office of Australian War Graves
The main entrance to Bundaberg General Cemetery is located in Takalvan Street in the west of the town.
Historical Information
The No.12 Elementary flying school of the RAAF was located at Bundaberg during WW2.
Total Burials: 46.
World War One identified Casualties: Australia 4.
World War two Identified Casualties: Australia 42.
Photo kindly supplied by Don Dennes, Project Officer, Office of Australian War Graves
NX125184 Sergeant
Jack Ernest Kerr
A. I. F. 165 General Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps
21st November 1943, aged 22.
Plot A. B. Coll. Grave 1-5. 10-16.
Son of Ernest and Naomi Haylock Kerr, of Maroubra.
Studio portrait of NX125184 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack Ernest Kerr of Maroubra, NSW. Enlisting in the Second AIF in August 1942, Sgt Kerr served with the 165 General Transport Company. He was listed as missing after the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Dakota C-47 transport aircraft he was a passenger in (serial number 41-18648, radio call-sign VH-CGC) disappeared on a flight from Wards Drome to Rockhampton on 21 November 1943. It was determined after the war that the aircraft had crashed near Monto, Qld, killing all fourteen passengers on board, including Sgt Kerr, aged 22.
Jack Ernest Kerr
A. I. F. 165 General Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps
21st November 1943, aged 22.
Plot A. B. Coll. Grave 1-5. 10-16.
Son of Ernest and Naomi Haylock Kerr, of Maroubra.
Studio portrait of NX125184 Sergeant (Sgt) Jack Ernest Kerr of Maroubra, NSW. Enlisting in the Second AIF in August 1942, Sgt Kerr served with the 165 General Transport Company. He was listed as missing after the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Dakota C-47 transport aircraft he was a passenger in (serial number 41-18648, radio call-sign VH-CGC) disappeared on a flight from Wards Drome to Rockhampton on 21 November 1943. It was determined after the war that the aircraft had crashed near Monto, Qld, killing all fourteen passengers on board, including Sgt Kerr, aged 22.
