Cyril BERRY

BERRY, Cyril

Service Number: 5281
Enlisted: 1 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Sudbury, Suffolk England, 10 February 1891
Home Town: Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: St. John of God Hospital, Perth Western Australia , 5 August 1978, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Roman Catholic portion - Lawn 8, Grave 0468
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Western Australia State War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, Mining Corps, Place of enlistment - Perth, Western Australia
20 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5281, Mining Corps, HMAT 'A23' Suffolk from Melbourne, was made acting Corporal for the duration of the voyage --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
10 Jul 1917: Imprisoned
17 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Returned to Australia with his wife (Ida) on Konigin Louise disembarking at Freemantle on 3rd August 1919

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Husband of Ida Rose May.

Son of Herbert & Ethelinda Berry of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.