SHERRING, Harrie Webster
| Service Numbers: | 4236, N467540 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1943, Hornsby, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bourke, NSW, 21 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Boys High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 12 November 1974, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4236, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4236, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Aug 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N467540, Hornsby, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Harrie was the eldest son of Mr. George William Sherring of Mosman, and was born at Bourke in 1895. Educated at the Fort Street School, he joined the computing staff of the Sydney Morning Herald about nine years ago.
He enlisted in August, 1915, and was a Private in the Infantry, and on reaching Egypt was attached to the 54th Battalion. He saw several months' service in Egypt and on the Sinai Peninsular, and, later proceeded to France, where he took part in various engagements, being wounded at Fleurbaix. He was invalided to England, and having being pronounced as unfit for futher active service, returned to Australian in July 1917.
SERGEANT H. SHERRING . Mr. G. W. Sherring, Upper Avenue road, Mosman, has been notified that his elder son, Sergt. Horrie Sherring, has been wounded in the left leg by shrapnel, and that he is in hospital at Manchester. Prior to enlisting Sergeant Sherring was a member of the computing staff of the "Sydney Morning Herald.” His brother Jack was also wounded, but is now back in the firing line.
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