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Name: KERR, Robert
Nee: bro of John James Kerr
Birth Date: 1876 Killinchy, Canterbury, N. Zealand
Death Date: 14 Apr 1923 Geneva
First Date: 1916
Profession: Veterinary Dept.
Area: Solai
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 22, Gazette
War Service: Boer War, E.Af Morot Transport Co.
General Information:
Gazette - 12/11/1919 - Register of Voters - Nairobi, North Area - Robert Kerr - Engineer, Government Laboratory, Kabete
Gazette - 9/4/1924 - Probate and Administration - Robert Kerr, late of Solai, Nakuru who died at Geneva on 7/4/1923 [actually, 14th, tho' Nat Probate Calendar has 7th]. Applied for by J. Christie, advocate on behalf of John James Kerr of Christchurch, New Zealand
UK Registers of Births and Deaths from Brit Consulates
Developed TB 1921. Went to Switzerland for cure, but died there. An obit in Ancestry says he died of malaria.
After Boer War spent several years in Johannesburg as an engineer. In 1916 he went to BEA where he got agric. land.