William BERRY

BERRY, William

Service Number: 4437
Enlisted: 6 September 1915, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 47th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nansori, Rewa River, Fiji Islands, April 1894
Home Town: Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Scotch College Melbourne, Toowoomba Grammar School, Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 7 August 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4437, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld.
31 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4437, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4437, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
7 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 4437, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4437 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William BERRY and Ethel May nee TUFNELL

BERRY.—Killed in action, France, August 7th. 1916, Private William Berry, aged 22 years, son of Mrs. Caterer, Auchenflower, late of Dalby, and brother of Miss M. Berry, M.B.H.S., Wynnum.