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Corporal Herbert George Cherry

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1871-01-13
Place of birth: London England
Next of kin: Kate Cherry, wife. New Liskeard, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Bookkeeper
Occupation (normalized): Bookkeeper, General
Address: New Liskeard, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1943-12-22

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 649447
Highest Rank: Corporal
Rank detail
  1. Corporal (Army). 1918-02-21 to 1918-04-27
  2. Corporal (Army). 1917-04-19 to 1918-02-20
  3. Corporal (Army). 1917-01-30 to 1917-04-18
  4. Corporal (Army). 1916-12-01 to 1917-01-29
  5. Private (Army). 1916-06-15 to 1916-12-01
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: yes
Awards

British War Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 98513
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1667-S029
Uploader's Notes:

Son of George Cherry and Mary Cherry (nee Gotto); husband of Sarah Catherine 'Kate' Cherry (nee O'Brien) married August 2, 1905

Date of Birth declared on Attestation papers was January 12, 1876 but birth record confirms the correct Date of Birth was January 13, 1871

Died of pneumonia

Active Militia Unit: 97th Regiment

Uploader's Research notes: 159th Battalion Nominal Roll [Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Army Dental Corps Canadian Army Dental Corps Depot Shorncliffe

attached to Queen's Canadian Hospital April 19, 1917

attached to No. 9 Can. Gen. Hospital September 19, 1917

Private Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Army Dental Corps General Depot British War Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-09-21
Last modified: 2021-02-04