BERRY, Thomas Harold
| Service Number: | 279 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 6 February 1877 |
| Home Town: | East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 October 1945, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 4, Section 10 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 279, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 279, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 279, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
His brother Robert Edwin Berry (Sgt S.N. 452) also served in the 5th QIB and was unfortunately K.I.A. at Onverwacht.
When Thomas Harold Berry enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Berry, King St, East Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 126, it is noted part of his pay was directed to a joint account with his mother Mary Berry.
Thomas Harold Berry was born on 6 Feb 1877 in Queensland, a son to Thomas Henry Berry and Mary Berry (nee Sewell). He married Rose Sands Boyle on 30 Mar 1915 in Queensland and they had 1 child. He worked as a mechanic in the Electrical Workshop Dept. of Brisbane City Council and was last residing at Dutton Park.
(Sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 126; Australian Boer War Memorial- database bio; Funeral Notice- The Telegraph, 30 Oct 1945).
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