Geboortejaar: 1894

Geboorteplaats: Sydney, New South Wales, Australië

Beroep: Stoker

Land: Australië

Strijdmacht: Australian Imperial Force

Rang: Private

Service nummer: 2766

Dienstneming datum: 14/11/1916

Dienstneming plaats: Sydney, New South Wales, Australië

Eenheden:  —  Australian Infantry, 36th Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 18/10/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Dover, Kent, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Leeftijd: 23

1914-15 Star Medaille

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

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/ Gebruikte bronnen

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 Gebruikte bronnen

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

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

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