William Archibald CHERRY

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CHERRY, William Archibald

Service Number:	200
Enlisted:	22 August 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Springfield, Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, January 1893
Home Town:	Springfield, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Springfield, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917
Cemetery:	Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot XXVI, Row D, Grave No 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 200, 12th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 200, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 200, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
5 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 200, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW leg severe
10 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
1 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
7 Oct 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 200, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 200 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-07

Sgt William Archibald CHERRY

Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke

William Cherry, a 24-year-old farm worker from Tasmania, enlisted in August 1914 He got badly injured at Gallipoli in 1915. A GSW to the leg and it took months before he was allowed to leave the hospital in Alexandria.
After his sick leave, he was transferred to the 12th Battalion in Europe and was promoted to sergeant.

On the night of 6 October 7, 1917, William's battalion was in the front line on the Broodseinde ridge. The 11th and 12th battalion executed a raid on German positions in Celtic Wood. The raid was a success. Only two men were wounded. But the German retribution did not wait and the positions of the 12th Battalion were placed under barrage. William Cherry leaves life during this barrage and is buried near Remus Wood. Read William's story: https://archives.passchendaele.be/nl/soldier/1699

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