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BERRY, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4437 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nansori, Rewa River, Fiji Islands, April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Scotch College Melbourne, Toowoomba Grammar School, Hawkesbury Agricultural College |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 7 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4437, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4437, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4437, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4437, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4437 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William BERRY and Ethel May nee TUFNELL
BERRY.—Killed in action, France, August 7th. 1916, Private William Berry, aged 22 years, son of Mrs. Caterer, Auchenflower, late of Dalby, and brother of Miss M. Berry, M.B.H.S., Wynnum.
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