CHERRY, Edward Percival
| Service Number: | SX1459 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 December 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Tailem Bend, South Australia, 30 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | South Australia, 4 January 1991, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Dec 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, SX1459 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Woodside, SA | |
| 8 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, SX1459, 2nd/14th Field Ambulance | |
| 7 Jan 1946: | Discharged Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd/14th Field Ambulance | |
| 7 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, SX1459, 2nd/14th Field Ambulance |
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CHERRY Edward Percival MB BS
1914-1991
Edward Percival Cherry was born on 30th August 1914, at Tailem Bend. He was one of three sons of Dr Percival Thomas Spower Cherry and Ieleen Standish, nee Moyers. Percival was a medical practitioner and for an extended time was Chairman of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Cherry had three siblings, two brothers Alan, John and a sister Aileen. He was educated at St Peter’s College and studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, graduating MB BS in 1938. Prior to enlisting he was a junior medical officer at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Cherry enlisted and was commissioned as a captain in the AAMC, in January 1939, at Woodside and volunteered for the AIF in October 1939. He was initially appointed RMO to 2/3rd Fd Regt which went to the Middle East, and later to Greece. Later he was Regimental Medical Officer to 2/12th Fd Regt in Crete. He was promoted major, in November 1941, which was confirmed in January 1942, he was posted to 2/13th FdAmb, and subsequently, following a period as OC of a Reinforcement Training Wing, as Registrar of the 2/6th AGH. Cherry was promoted colonel in December 1943, and posted CO sequentially to 1st FdAmb, 105th FdAmb and 2/14th FdAmb. He was discharged on 7th January 1946.
When the CMF became active following WW2, Cherry was appointed CO of 3rd FdAmb, from April 1948 to July 1949. He married Rosemary Kate Muirhead, daughter of Charles Mortimer Muirhead and Margaret Sarah, nee Robb, on 25th February 1947, in St Peter’s College Chapel. He entered general practice in Alberton, South Australia. Cherry was the Medical Officer of Health for Port Adelaide and Medical Officer for the Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital and Special Clinic, from 1951. Cherry was a member of the British Medical Association, and later the Australian Medical Association. Edward Percival Cherry died on 4th January 1991. He was survived by his wife and three children, two of whom were medical practitioners.
Source
Blood, Sweat and Fears III: Medical Practitioners South Australia, who Served in World War 2.
Swain, Jelly, Verco, Summers. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2019.
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