John Howard CHERRY

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CHERRY, John Howard

Service Number:	2144
Enlisted:	17 April 1916, Prahan, Vic.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Glen Iris, Boroondara & Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong Grammar, Scotch College, Melbourne University
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III Row G Grave 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2144, 58th Infantry Battalion, Prahan, Vic.
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2144, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2144, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
4 Jul 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 2144, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2144 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-04

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Eldest son of Major Thomas CHERRY, A.A.M.C. and Edith Sarah CHERRY nee GLADMAN of Glen Iris, Vic.

John is mentioned on page 128 in the War Diaries of Fredrick Emil LEDIN (digitize-vwma.s3.amazonaws.com) 1225

CHERRY - GREENLAND.-On the 12th January 1918, at St. Mary's Church, Codford, England, by Rev. H. E. Aston, Gladys Florence, youngest daughter of the late William Greenland, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, to John Howard, eldest son of Major Cherry, A.A.M.C., of Glen Iris, Victoria.

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