Guy Winston TERRY

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TERRY, Guy Winston

Service Number:	145
Enlisted:	23 February 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Stuart, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 19 January 1894
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Albuera Street Primary School, Battery Point and New Norfolk State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Died of illness after operation for wounded hip, Munster, Westphalia, Germany, 22 May 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Plot 1V, Row H, Grave 6, Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hobart Roll of Honour, Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 145, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, Enlisted at Sydney
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 145, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 145, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
20 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 3rd Divisional Cyclist Battalion. In the field
5 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion, In the field
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Taken as Prisoner of War at Reincourt while wounded
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 145, 13th Infantry Battalion, Wounded at Reincourt and died whilst in German hands
22 May 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 145, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 145 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-22

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Simmons Terry and Charlotte Martha Terry of 52 Queen Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Militia for 2 years

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Born 19th January 1894 Hobart Tasmania to Winston Simmons and Charlotte Martha Terry (nee Devine) he was a draughtsman when he enlisted. He embarked Sydney 18th May 1916 on HMAT Demosthenes. He was listed as missing on April 11th 1917 with a post card later being received stating he was a prisoner of war.

He had been shot in the hip and died after an operation to remove the bullet.

Lance Corporal Terry died May 22, 1917 in a German hospital.

He was buried Hamburg Cemetery Germany.

Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com

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