I first discovered the trees of the avenue of honour on a trip to Ararat. I picked a tree randomly as it was one of the first large trees. Each tree has a story and I decided to find out as much as i could. He is one of three Kerby brothers killed in the great war.
Private Kirby was one of the first to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He enrolled on his 19th birthday in Ballarat. He was a clerk. His enlistment number is 115 which is unusual because most of the numbers are four digits. .He was 5 foot 8 and weighed 140 pounds. He had brown eyes brown hair.
He joined the famous 7th Battalion and embarked from Melbourne in September 1914 to go to Egypt.The 7th Battalion landed at Anzac on 25th April 1915 as part of the second wave, led by their redoubtable commanding officer. But things got off to a bad start. Landing at North Beach, their landing point was overlooked by an Ottoman machine gun post which opened fire inflicting very heavy casualties and casuing some boats to drift off full of dead and wounded. A total of 5 officers and 179 soldiers were lost.
The first day of the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey is celebrated in Australia in our ANZAC day 25th April. He was killed in Action on the very first day of that campaign. Norman Kerby was on of the first to enlist and one of the first to die. His tree is one of the first tree s from the Great western highway back to Ballarat on the famous avenue of Honour. He has a beautiful Elm that has struggled to grow very tall in the many decades but it is still growing. The whole avenue is a credit to Ballarat and is very beautiful.
I am very honoured to create this memorial for you Private Kerby. I found your records in the archives and read with tears the letter that your brother wrote asking about the circumstances of your death and who was with you. I can't imagine what it was like to be killed at nineteen. You weren't married and didn't have any children to mourn you. Your clear signature is there and the receipts for your medals and pension to be paid to your sister. "Rest in Peace with your mates in a foreign land.
Private Kirby was one of the first to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He enrolled on his 19th birthday in Ballarat. He was a clerk. His enlistment number is 115 which is unusual because most of the numbers are four digits. .He was 5 foot 8 and weighed 140 pounds. He had brown eyes brown hair.
He joined the famous 7th Battalion and embarked from Melbourne in September 1914 to go to Egypt.The 7th Battalion landed at Anzac on 25th April 1915 as part of the second wave, led by their redoubtable commanding officer. But things got off to a bad start. Landing at North Beach, their landing point was overlooked by an Ottoman machine gun post which opened fire inflicting very heavy casualties and casuing some boats to drift off full of dead and wounded. A total of 5 officers and 179 soldiers were lost.
The first day of the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey is celebrated in Australia in our ANZAC day 25th April. He was killed in Action on the very first day of that campaign. Norman Kerby was on of the first to enlist and one of the first to die. His tree is one of the first tree s from the Great western highway back to Ballarat on the famous avenue of Honour. He has a beautiful Elm that has struggled to grow very tall in the many decades but it is still growing. The whole avenue is a credit to Ballarat and is very beautiful.
I am very honoured to create this memorial for you Private Kerby. I found your records in the archives and read with tears the letter that your brother wrote asking about the circumstances of your death and who was with you. I can't imagine what it was like to be killed at nineteen. You weren't married and didn't have any children to mourn you. Your clear signature is there and the receipts for your medals and pension to be paid to your sister. "Rest in Peace with your mates in a foreign land.
I first discovered the trees of the avenue of honour on a trip to Ararat. I picked a tree randomly as it was one of the first large trees. Each tree has a story and I decided to find out as much as i could. He is one of three Kerby brothers killed in the great war.
Private Kirby was one of the first to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He enrolled on his 19th birthday in Ballarat. He was a clerk. His enlistment number is 115 which is unusual because most of the numbers are four digits. .He was 5 foot 8 and weighed 140 pounds. He had brown eyes brown hair.
He joined the famous 7th Battalion and embarked from Melbourne in September 1914 to go to Egypt.The 7th Battalion landed at Anzac on 25th April 1915 as part of the second wave, led by their redoubtable commanding officer. But things got off to a bad start. Landing at North Beach, their landing point was overlooked by an Ottoman machine gun post which opened fire inflicting very heavy casualties and casuing some boats to drift off full of dead and wounded. A total of 5 officers and 179 soldiers were lost.
The first day of the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey is celebrated in Australia in our ANZAC day 25th April. He was killed in Action on the very first day of that campaign. Norman Kerby was on of the first to enlist and one of the first to die. His tree is one of the first tree s from the Great western highway back to Ballarat on the famous avenue of Honour. He has a beautiful Elm that has struggled to grow very tall in the many decades but it is still growing. The whole avenue is a credit to Ballarat and is very beautiful.
I am very honoured to create this memorial for you Private Kerby. I found your records in the archives and read with tears the letter that your brother wrote asking about the circumstances of your death and who was with you. I can't imagine what it was like to be killed at nineteen. You weren't married and didn't have any children to mourn you. Your clear signature is there and the receipts for your medals and pension to be paid to your sister. "Rest in Peace with your mates in a foreign land.
Private Kirby was one of the first to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He enrolled on his 19th birthday in Ballarat. He was a clerk. His enlistment number is 115 which is unusual because most of the numbers are four digits. .He was 5 foot 8 and weighed 140 pounds. He had brown eyes brown hair.
He joined the famous 7th Battalion and embarked from Melbourne in September 1914 to go to Egypt.The 7th Battalion landed at Anzac on 25th April 1915 as part of the second wave, led by their redoubtable commanding officer. But things got off to a bad start. Landing at North Beach, their landing point was overlooked by an Ottoman machine gun post which opened fire inflicting very heavy casualties and casuing some boats to drift off full of dead and wounded. A total of 5 officers and 179 soldiers were lost.
The first day of the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey is celebrated in Australia in our ANZAC day 25th April. He was killed in Action on the very first day of that campaign. Norman Kerby was on of the first to enlist and one of the first to die. His tree is one of the first tree s from the Great western highway back to Ballarat on the famous avenue of Honour. He has a beautiful Elm that has struggled to grow very tall in the many decades but it is still growing. The whole avenue is a credit to Ballarat and is very beautiful.
I am very honoured to create this memorial for you Private Kerby. I found your records in the archives and read with tears the letter that your brother wrote asking about the circumstances of your death and who was with you. I can't imagine what it was like to be killed at nineteen. You weren't married and didn't have any children to mourn you. Your clear signature is there and the receipts for your medals and pension to be paid to your sister. "Rest in Peace with your mates in a foreign land.
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