PERRY, Edward
| Service Number: | 6312 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Greens Plains, South Australia, 2 November 1875 |
| Home Town: | Angaston, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Angaston Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Angaston Congregational Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Keyneton Soldier Memorial Institute and Honour Roll, Lyndoch and District Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6312, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 6312, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 10 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6312, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6312, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Third Ypres |
Edward Perry
Name: Edward Perry
Service Number: 6312
Place of Birth: Green Plains East / Kadina
Date of Birth: 2 November 1875
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 16 June 1916
Age at Enlistment: 40 years 8 months
Next of Kin: other – Mary Perry / Angaston
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Baptist
Rank: Private
Edward was the son of Thomas and Mary Perry (nee Wright). He left
Adelaide on HMAT A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916, disembarking
at Plymouth, England on 11 October where, with the 27th Battalion,
he undertook additional training with the 3rd Training Battalion at
Perham Downs. He was sent to France with his unit on the Golden
Eagle on 17 December. Edward was treated for scabies by the 6th
and 13th Field Ambulance in February 1917.
Edward was attached to the 7th Light Mortar Battery on 22 May. He
was killed in action in Belgium at the Menin Road battlefield, on 20
September and is memorialised at Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres,
Flanders, Belgium. The Chronicle (Adelaide) of Saturday 27 October
1917, stated: “THE LATE PRIVATE PERRY. Mrs. Thomas Perry, of
Angaston, has been notified that her son, Private Edward Perry,
was killed in action on September 20, in France. Private Perry
enlisted in 1916, and left for England on August 28 with the 20th
Reinforcements of the 10th Infantry Battalion. He was afterwards
transferred to the 27th Battalion. He was well – known in the
Angaston district. Before the advent of the railway he was for 13
years a prominent driver for Messrs J. Hill & Co, on the coach
between Angaston and Freeling.” In his will made in June 1917 he
left all his possessions to his mother Mary. On 22 May, 1918 she
received Edward’s belongings consisting largely of a metal watch
and some letters. Mary had received her son’s Victory Medal,
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll by 1922.
Source: NAA; B2455; PerryE; Barcode 8011602.
Submitted 14 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"THE LATE PRIVATE PERRY.
Mrs. Thomas Perry, of Angaston, has been notified that her son, Private Edward Perry, was killed in action on September 20, in France. Private Perry enlisted in 1916, and left for England on August 28 with the 20th Reinforcements of the 10th Infantry Battalion. He was afterwards transferred to the 27th Battalion. He was well-known in the Angaston district. Before the advent of the railway he was for 13 years a prominent driver for Messre. J. Hill & Co, on the coach between Anguston and Freeling." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 27 Oct 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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