Regimental number | 16361 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Canterbury Grammar School, and Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Other training | Night lectures at the University of Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Orchardist |
Address | Seville, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Guy Berry, 16 Wentworth avenue, Canterbury, Victoria |
Previous military service | Prior to enlistment had been rejected for service with the Volunteer Forces on account of heart trouble following typhoid fever. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | Divisional Signal Company 2, Reinforcement 18 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/12/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 22.4 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row C, Grave No. 2A), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 25 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Guy and Kate Emily BERRY, Seville, Victoria. Native of Canterbury, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3269 Geoffrey BERRY, 38th Battalion, died of wounds received at Proyart, France, 11 August 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |