BERRY, Lot Peter
| Other Name: | Berry, Lloyd Peter |
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| Service Number: | 7700 |
| Enlisted: | 22 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 27 October 1900 |
| Home Town: | New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer, Poultry farmer |
| Died: | Excarberation of war wounds, Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia, 1 August 1980, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Plot No 5, Church of England https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212929893/lot-peter-berry |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour, Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 7700, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 7700, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 9 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, 7700, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nate Drew
Born to William Richard Berry (1860-1917) and Alice Berry (Langmaid) (1868-1926)
He had 6 full and 4 half siblings. His brother Robert saw action in WW2.
Lot married in 1919 to Eugenia Meaghan, and had 8 children with her, Marjorie, Beryl, Valerie, Edna, Raymond, William (Bill), Eugenie, and Victor. Bill drowned in Cornelian Bay in 1948.
Lot was a noteworthy poultry farmer in the Glenorchy-Fentonbury area after the war.