Edward Churchill TERRY

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TERRY, Edward Churchill

Service Number:	1577
Enlisted:	3 December 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 28 July 1891
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Albuera Street State School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Railway employee
Died:	Died of wounds, Egypt, 14 August 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row J, Grave No. 100.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Tasmanian Government Railways

World War 1 Service

3 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1577, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1577, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1577, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edward was one of three sons of Winston and Charlotte Terry of North Hobart, who served in the AIF during WW1, and only one returned. .

Edward enlisted in December 1914, and was assigned to the 12th Battalion. He departed Australia two months later in February 1915, and arrived on Gallipoli a week after the Anzac Day landing.

He sustained bomb wounds to the head and abdomen on the 9 August 1915, during the heavy fighting at Lone Pine. Although transported by sea to Alexandria for treatment, he died on 14 August 1915 at 24 years of age.

Almost two years later, his brother, 145 Lance Corporal Guy Winston Terry was reported missing in action in France and died as a prisoner of war in Reserve Lazarett, Munster Lager, Germany on May 22, 1917, aged 23, after an unsuccessful operation to remove a bullet from his hip.

Another Terry brother, Eric, was a captain in the 45th Battalion and was Mentioned in Despatches before returning safely home.

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