Wane CHERRIE

CHERRIE, Wane

    Service Number: 18436
    Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 7th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Koorawatha, Young, New South Wales
    Schooling: Alum Creek Public School
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 September 1917
    Cemetery: Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 18436, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Liverpool, NSW
    11 May 1916: Involvement Corporal, 18436, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    11 May 1916: Embarked Corporal, 18436, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    17 Sep 1917: Involvement Sergeant, 18436, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 18436 awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-17

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of  Patrick and Mary CHERRIE; Husband of Elizabeth GARBUTT (formerly CHERRIE), Railway Terrace, Wingello, NSW

    Mrs. Elizabeth Cherrie, of Wollongong Road, Arncliffe, has been informed by the military authorities that her husband,  Corporal  Wane Cherrie, was killed in action at Flanders, on September 19 last. He was 31 years of age, and enlisted in July, 1915. Previous  to enlisting he was in the employ of the Railway Commissioners. 

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