Albert James Frederick Berry

Forenames

Albert James Frederick AWMM

Surname

Berry AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/362 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Hurworth School, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs C.A. Berry (mother), Bridgend, Lostwitheil, Cornwall, England AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/362 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Sergeant AWMM B Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion AWMM

Albert Berry was the son of John and Helena Augusta Berry, of Waltham Row, Bridgend, Lostwithiel, England. Born at Stoke, Devonport.

Next of Kin: Mrs H. A. Berry, Lostwithiel, Cornwall (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XVI. C. 24. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275734
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/461139/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/461139
  Further Reference
• https://www.malvernremembers.org.uk/ww1-profiles/albert-james-frederick-berry
  Public - Sarah - Researcher - 30 July 2024 - History of Malvern page, Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 52
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915