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Unidentified soldier. [SRG 435/82/3] • Photograph

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Summary

Studio portrait of an unidentified Australian soldier in World War One uniform including cap, with a braid around one shoulder, holding a whip behind his back. Possibly a friend or member of the Ker family. Possibly No.2188 Private William Innes Ker, born in Port Pirie, who worked as an electric motor driver in Broken Hill before he enlisted with the AIF, aged 25, on 28 October 1916. He served with the 50th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement, and embarked from Adelaide on board the HMAT A35 ‘Berrima’ on 16 December 1916. He returned to Australia on 31 January 1918.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print), 13.1 x 7.6 cm, on mount 26.5 x 14 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1916

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

6,420 x 11,821 pixels (75.9 MP)

Size

487.10 MB

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