Frederick Kerr (rugby union) explained

Frederick Kerr
Full Name:Frederick Raymond Kerr
Birth Date:25 April 1918
Birth Place:St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Death Place:Greece
Occupation:Electrical engineer
School:Melbourne High School
Position:No. 8
Repyears1:1938
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Frederick Raymond Kerr (25 April 1918 — 23 April 1941) was an Australian rugby union international.

A Melbourne High School product, Kerr was an Australian rules footballer while growing up in Melbourne and had a trial with VFL club St Kilda. He started playing first-grade rugby for Power House in 1937 and the following year was capped for the Wallabies in a Bledisloe Cup match against the All Blacks at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as a number eight.[1] [2]

Kerr served as a Lance Bombardier with the 2/2nd Field Regiment, AIF, in World War II. He was involved in the Libya campaign and was later killed in action during fighting in occupied Greece in April, 1941, at the age of 22.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Rugby Star At South . . 21 July 1939 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Frederick Raymond Kerr . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  3. News: The A.I.F. Roll Of Honor . . 20 June 1941 . 10 . National Library of Australia.