BERRYMAN, Charles George Lungley
Service Number: | WX11409 |
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Enlisted: | 5 April 1941 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wimbledon. England, 21 March 1908 |
Home Town: | Marybrook, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, New Guinea, 16 September 1943, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Busselton War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, WX11409 | |
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5 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, WX11409, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
Charles Berryman
BERRYMAN, Charles George Lungley. George was born 18 March 1908 in Wimbledon, UK, son of Frederick & Gertude Berryman of Marybrook, WA. He enlisted on 5 April 1941 at Marybrook prior to going to Claremont where he was assigned to the 2/32 Battalion. Corporal No. WX11409. 2/32nd Battalion, Aged 33, he died of wounds in New Guinea 16 September 1943. George is buried Lae War Cemetery, Morobe Province, PNG. He is remembered with Honour on the Busselton Cenotaph. Sadly, his brother Arthur Berryman (RAAF) Pilot Officer. 467 Squadron. was killed in action during flying mission over France 25 June 1944.
Submitted 13 August 2020 by Joy Dalgleish
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles George Lungley BERRYMAN was born in Wimbleton, Surrey, England on 21st March, 1908
His parents were Harry Frederick Lungley BERRYMAN & Gertrude Annie GOVES who married in England in 1903 (registered in Kingston)
His brother Arthur Albert William BERRYMAN also served during WW2 in the RAAF (SN 415495) he was with the 467 Squadron when he died on 25th June, 1944
Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
Son of Frederick & Getrude Berryman of Marybrook, Via Busselton. Western Australia
He was known as Chalkie because of his amazing white teeth