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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 2725" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Kerley </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gerald Charles </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SAS (possibly Special Boat Squadron) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Trooper </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5727124 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11th July 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>24 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ramleh War Cemetery,Israel 5.E.6 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 13.09.1919, Hampreston, Dorset</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Charles and Frances (nee Musselwhite) F.E.Kerley, Colehill Wimborne, Dorsetshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Almer School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>finished studies Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>worked as apprentice mechanic at Sturminster Marshall</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted Dorsetshire Regiment December 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Royal Armoured Corps (July 1941)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>07.02.1943 transferred to K Detachment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>03.1944 serving as 'A1 vehicle mechanic'</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>hospitalized 03.07.1944, discharged hospital 06.07.1944, re-admitted 08.07.1944. died 12.07.1944 (although official date shows 11.07.1944)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>cause of death listed as polio encephalitis</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 2725, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Kerley [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gerald Charles [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]SAS (possibly Special Boat Squadron) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Trooper [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]5727124 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]11th July 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]24 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Ramleh War Cemetery,Israel 5.E.6 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 13.09.1919, Hampreston, Dorset[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Charles and Frances (nee Musselwhite) F.E.Kerley, Colehill Wimborne, Dorsetshire[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]attended Almer School[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]finished studies Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]worked as apprentice mechanic at Sturminster Marshall[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted Dorsetshire Regiment December 1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]parent unit Royal Armoured Corps (July 1941)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]07.02.1943 transferred to K Detachment[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]03.1944 serving as 'A1 vehicle mechanic'[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]hospitalized 03.07.1944, discharged hospital 06.07.1944, re-admitted 08.07.1944. died 12.07.1944 (although official date shows 11.07.1944)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]cause of death listed as polio encephalitis[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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