BERRY, John James
| Service Number: | 4010 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 November 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4010, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4010, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 10 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4010, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4010 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-10 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
John James BERRY, (Service Number 4010) was born on 5 February 1894 at Camperdown, Sydney. He commenced work in the Interlocking Branch of the NSW Railways as a tinsmith’s apprentice early in 1910 at the age of 16 years. He appears to have resigned in 1913 but was re-employed in the Signalling Branch as a tradesman tinsmith in February 1915.
He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in September and in January 1916 embarked for France, arriving at Marseilles in April 1916. By January 1917 he had been promoted to Sergeant.
He was killed in action on 10 November 1917. At first buried elsewhere, his body was exhumed in the rationalisation of cemeteries after the war and he now lies in Passchendaele New British Cemetery.
(NAA B2455-3076344)
Submitted 11 May 2023 by John Oakes