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CHERRY, Alexander Beck
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2583 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 5 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2583, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2583, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2583, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 5 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2583, 49th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Alexander Beck Cherry's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Served under alias of Alexander Curry
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Born in Scotland, Alexander arrived in Queensland in about 1909. His next of kin was his sister, Elizabeth Mitchell Cherry who was living in Ireland at the time of his death.
It is unknown why he enlisted under an assumed name. His sister stated on his roll of honour form that his older brother, 12728 Private Thomas Cherry 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Regiment, was killed in action in France near Loos on 27 September 1915, aged 30.