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• Name KERNAN
• Initials EJ
• First name EDWARD JOSEPH
• Place of birth Pascoe Vale
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Pascoe Vale
• Family Son of John and Nora Kate Kernan, of "Merai," Pascoe Vale, Essendon, Victoria, Australia.
• Profession Clerk
• Extra info Survived the sinking of the Ballarat, when it was torpedoed in the English Channel on 25 April 1917

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 5 July 1915, Melbourne
• Rank Second Lieutenant
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 19 February 1917, Melbourne; to France 5 July 1917

Death

• Wounded 20 September 1917
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds abdomen, n°10 CCS
• Date of death 20 September 1917
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII - B - 8

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