Joseph William BERRIMAN

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BERRIMAN, Joseph William

Service Number:	1513
Enlisted:	30 December 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bristol, England , 1896
Home Town:	Punchbowl, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bedminster Board School, England; Technical School
Occupation:	Railway Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 July 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 11, Row C, Grave 12 Chaplain F.W. Wray officiated.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1513, 13th Infantry Battalion
31 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1513, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1513, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
2 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1513, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1513 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-07-02

Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board

Joseph William BERRIMAN, (Service Number 1513) was born near Bristol, UK, on 8 September 1896. In early 1914 he was employed by the NSW Railways as a junior porter at Sydney. At the end of that year he was given leave to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He was killed in action at the Dardanelles on 2 July 1915. For a time, his family held out hope that there had been some mistake made as the telegram advising of his death quoted the regimental number 1413, while Berriman was 1513.
The army replied to a hand-written letter from the father, asserting that there was no doubt that the dead man was his son. He is buried in the Beach Cemetery, at the southern point of Anzac Cove.
(NAA B2455-3075779)

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 14 years.

Son of William and Agnes Berriman of Punchbowl Road, Punchbowl, NSW

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served in the Senior Cadets for 2 years

Member of the Australian Social Mother Lodge 1

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Corporal J.W. Berriman, killed at the Dardanelles, born at Briston, came to Australia with his parents three years ago. He was for some time employed with Goodlet and Smith Ltd., at Pyrmont, and resigned from there to join the railway service, his first appointment beint to Punchbowl, where his parents reside. He always took a keen interest in military matters, and enlisted at the end of last year, sailing for Egypt with the 3rd Reinforcements of the 13the Battalion on February 11. His parents have just received a letter from his chum giving details of his death, which occurred on July 2 at 10.30 am. he having only just a few minutes before been called out for duty. He was struck which shrapnel, one pice entering his neck and another his body. He was intrerred in the church of England Cemetery near the landing. The letter mentions that his death caused the deepest regret among members of the 13th Battalion, young Berriman being the youngest and most popular with both officers and men.

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