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CHERRY, Herbert Robert Duncan

Service Number:	730
Enlisted:	1 February 1916, Newcastle
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barnsley, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1893
Home Town:	Killingworth, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bronchial Pneumonia, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France, 15 November 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension V. D. 6.,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Killingworth War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 730, 34th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 730, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 730, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
22 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion
15 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 730, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 730 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-15

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