Kerr's family moved to Canada when he was a baby, settling in Toronto. He enlisted there as an air mechanic in the RFC in 1917.
1917-10-16: accepted as a Probationary Observer from Air Mechanic.
1918-10-24: Kerr died this day at Deseronto in the Camp Mohawk base hospital, of Influenza, complicated by Pneumonia.
Kerr, David James A. (Lieutenant)
Died 1918-October-24

Birth Date: 1888-July-16
Born: Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
Parents: Mrs. Jeannette Whiteside Kerr & the late David Kerr
Spouse: unmarried
Home: Toronto, Ontario.
Enlistment: RFC air mechanic, class II, Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1916
Service
RAF
Unit
42 (OT) Wing- Wing (RAF)
Base
Camp Borden
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
Observer
Service Numbers
72258, RAF