Year of birth: 1894

Place of birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: Fireman (steam engine)

Country: Australia

Force: Australian Imperial Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 2766

Enlistment date: 14/11/1916

Enlistment place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Units:  —  Australian Infantry, 36th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 18/10/1917

Place of death: Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Age: 23

1914-15 Star Medal

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

On the 12th of October 1917 the 36th Battalion Australian Infantry (part of the 9th Australian Brigade, 3rd Australian Division) were to take Passchendaele. They moved up to the frontline from Cavalry Camp along the Ypres-Roulers Railway. Before they reached the jumping off line (east of Tyne Cot), they suffered 100 casualties along the road, especially around the intersection D.26.b.90.40, Zonnebeke Railway Station and intersection D.16.d.60.25. During the attack the 34th Battalion reached the first objective. The 35th Battalion and 36th Battalion leap-frogged over them and only the left part reached the second objective. Due to heavy shelling and a lot of casualties the third objective was never reached and by the end of the day they had to pull back. The new frontline was established from Augustus Wood, over the intersection of the Passchendaele Road, to Railway D.17.b. Pte Frederick Berry was wounded moving up to the jumping off line, during the assembly or during the attack. He suffered a gunshot wound in his right shoulder. He was taken to a Casualty Clearing Station and from there to France on the 12th October. On the 16th of October he was taken to Dover, England, where he died of his wounds.

AWM4 Subclass 23/53 - 36th Infantry Battalion (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/53). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Sources used

Embarkation Roll https://www.awm.gov.au/people/roll-search/all/?preferred_name=berry&service_number=2766&unit=&conflict=First+World+War%2C+1914-1918&op=Search Sources used

McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018. Sources used

National Archives (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), 334268. http://www.naa.gov.au/ Sources used

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/365444

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7357799

The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=21272