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Robert Innes Ker. [SRG 435/82/1] • Photograph

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Summary

Studio portrait of No.311 Private Robert Innes Ker, wearing WW1 uniform. He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, and worked as a butcher in Broken Hill before he enlisted with the AIF, aged 19, on 19 August 1914. He served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron, embarking from Adelaide on board the HMAT A17 ‘Port Lincoln’ on 22 October 1914. He also served with the 51st Battalion. He returned to Australia on 12 March 1918.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print), 13.9 x 9.7 cm, on mount 25 x 15.4 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1914

Creator

Returned Services League of Australia

Collection

Part of RSL Collection

Subject

Ker, Robert Innes
Ker, William Innes
Australia. Army. Light Horse Regiment, 3rd.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Egypt -- Luxor.
Soldiers -- South Australia.
Military uniforms.

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Historical information

Robert Innes Ker, son of William Innes Ker, was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, in approximately 1895. He had one older brother, William Innes Ker, born approximately 1891. After their father William died at his home in Port Pirie on 19 December 1899, aged 32, Robert and William lived with relatives at Burta Station and Broken Hill, in New South Wales. William and Robert enlisted with the AIF and served overseas during the First World War. Both survived and returned to Australia. Robert married Dorothy Muriel Elliott in 1925, and they had three children: Alva Innes (1927-1993), Byron Innes (1928-), and Colleen Innes (1934-). They lived in Barmera, Berri, and Adelaide, and Robert worked on irrigation blocks.Byron joined the Royal Australian Navy and served as Leading Radio Electrical Mechanic on board the HMAS Tobruk during the Korean War. William married Evelyn Mary in New South Wales, and also had three children: Robert Innes Ker (1928-1949), Barry, and Jill [author Jill Ker Conway] (1934-). William and his family lived on a sheep station at Coorain, on the Western plains of New South Wales. William died of accidental drowining in New South Wales in 1944.

Digitisation information

Date

25/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,257 x 8,221 pixels (43.2 MP)

Size

285.28 MB

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