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John BERRY

Regimental number76
Place of birthCanterbury, Kent, England
SchoolBoarding School, Canterbury, Kent, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressBeaconsfield, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Mark Berry, 23 St Peters Lane, Canterbury Kent, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of disease 29 January 1916
Place of death or woundingEgypt
Date of death29 January 1916 (died of sickness)
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 287), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mark and Mary Ann BERRY, 81 St. Peter Lane, Canterbury, England

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