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George Reid Kerr (1876-1944) coal miner and trade union official
Birth: 1876 in Ballarat, Victoria, son of Joseph Kerr (1843-1901), born in County Down, Ireland, and his first wife Mary Nancy, née Reid (1846-1880), born in Dingwell, Scotland. Marriage: 1914 at Broken Hill, New South Wales, to Annie Mabel O’Brien. They had one daughter and one son. Death: 8 October 1944 in hospital at Broken Hill. Religion: Presbyterian.
Sources
Edgar Ross, A history of the Miners' Federation of Australia ([Sydney] 1970; information supplied by E. Ross, 1990 & 1991; Barrier Daily Truth, (Broken Hill), 11 October 1944, p 3 [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141454304]; Brian Kennedy, Silver, sin and sixpenny ale; a social history of Broken Hill (Melbourne, 1978) pp 134-35, 159-63.
'Kerr, George Reid (1876–1944)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/kerr-george-reid-33113/text41291, accessed 5 November 2024.
1876
Ballarat,
Victoria,
Australia
8 October,
1944
(aged ~ 68)
Broken Hill,
New South Wales,
Australia
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