Frederick_Kerr_(rugby_union)

Frederick Kerr (rugby union)

Frederick Kerr (rugby union)

Rugby player

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

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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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References

  1. [1]
    "Rugby Star At South". The Argus. 21 July 1939. p. 16 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. [2]
    "Frederick Raymond Kerr". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. [3]
    "The A.I.F. Roll Of Honor". The Age. 20 June 1941. p. 10 – via National Library of Australia.
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