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Tasman TERRY

Regimental number2887
Place of birthGladstone, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Gladstone, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressRingarooma, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33.1
Height5' 0.75"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Terry, Cape Portland via Gladstone, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of height)
Enlistment date11 October 1916
Place of enlistmentPioneer, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 6 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row E, Grave No. 13), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Vincent and Eliza TERRY, Cape Portland, Gladstone, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2888 Pte Henry TERRY, 40th Bn, returned to Australia, 27 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TERRY Tasman

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