Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Kersey H N Pte 281 Harry Nightingale AMC Hosp Transp 34 Butcher Married C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Thomas St, 7
Next of Kin: Kersey, Mrs Martha R, mother, 7 Thomas St, Moonee Ponds
Kersey, E, Mrs, wife, 3 Laura St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 12 May 1915
Embarked: A67 Orsova 17 Jul 1915
A61 Kanowna, no date, Brisbane
Karoo, Melbourne 18.9.1916
Prior service: 3 years Harbour Trust; Garrison Artillery.
Married Eva Evelyn Swindells 16 July 1915 while in Melbourne.
Eva Kersey died in Victoria in 1931.
In 1936 Harry Kersey remarried, to Muriel Hemingway Swift, and he thus acquired brothers-in-law who had also served in the war:
Swift L C Pte 4886 brother-in-law
Swift A G Pte 2656 brother-in-law
Swift A T Pte 662 brother-in-law KIA
Swift C H 2nd Lt brother-in-law
Mentioned in this publication:
Gave a gift for the wedding of Straughair-C-S--L-Cpl-263 Essendon Gazette report 22 Jun 1916
Anzac Newsletter, Autumn Issue 2015, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, p 24.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
Essendon State School
Regimental Register
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