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CHERRY, Hector Norman
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 311, 203 |
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Enlisted: | 22 February 1915, Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | War Records Section |
Born: | Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 11 December 1894 |
Home Town: | Benalla, Benalla, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Messenger - Victorian Railways |
Died: | Natural causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 13 December 1947, aged 53 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment C, Section 3, Grave 36 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 311, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 311, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 311, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
2 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 311, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Torpedoing of HMT Southland by German submarine UB14. | |
11 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 311, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb concussion | |
28 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 311, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit | |
26 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 203, War Records Section , Home service | |
19 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 203, War Records Section , At own request |
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