Charles Edwin Sterry [1883-1950]

[Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK line]

Enlisted Prahran, Victoria 19 Feb 1916
Personal Detail: Born Fitzroy, Victoria. Native born British Subject. 23 [sic-was actually 33 not 23] yrs 10 mths. Laborer. Not married. Father Alfred Sterry of 2 Edwards Cres., Sth Northcote Vic.
Description: 5 feet 4¼ inches; 8 stone 2lbs, chest 31/34 inches, complexion medium, eyes blue, hair dark brown
Religion: Wesleyan
Marks: vaccination 3R, scar back of head, mole right neck and right buttock, wart left elbow

Service

Service No: 1773
Rank: Private
Regiments: 4/39 Battalion; 4/D Battalion Ballarat; 2nd Reinforcements 57th Battn; 59th Infantry Battalion
8 May 1916- Disembarked ex H. T. "Euripides" Alexandria [Egypt]
9 Jun 1916- Sick to hospital at Moascar [Egypt] with Pleurisy and Bronchitis
28 Jul 1916- Admitted to No 3 Aust. Gen. Hosp. Abbassia [Egypt] with debility
17 Aug 1916- Embarked per H T "Borda" ex Suez. Deafness with Ottorrhoea. For discharge.
24 Oct 1916 Discharged. Received Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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Thomas Henry Sterry [1889-1965]

[Bermondsey, Surrey, UK line]

Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland 30 Aug 1915
Personal Detail: Born London, England. Storeman. Married. Wife Mrs Sarah Sterry of Dorrington Street off Kennedy Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane. Age 25 yrs 8 mths.
Description: 5 feet 8½ inches; 141 lbs; chest 36/39½ inches; complexion fresh, eyes grey, dark hair
Religion: C of E
Marks: Tattooed left & right arms

Service

Service No: 1366
Rank: Private. Gunner.
Regiments: 11th Light Horse Regiment; 11th Field Artillery Brigade [Australian Imperial Force Abroad]
30 Nov 1915 Embarked at Sydney on "Suffolk" from Australia
6 Mar 1916- Abbassia [Egypt] 7th of the 11th Light Horse - Trooper. Sent to Cairo hospital with mumps.
1 Jun 1916- Disembarked Alexandria [Egypt] for Marseilles [France]
25 Apr 1917- France. To hospital sick with scabies. Rejoined unit
25 Aug 1917 - Belgium. To hospital sick with mastoiditis [ear infection]. Rejoined unit.
29 Aug 1917 Belgium. Blown up by shell on 22.8.1917.
2 Sep 1917 Transferred to England ex 35th General Hospital Calais France - ruptured tympanic membrane [ear infection]. Admitted to 3rd London General Hospital Wandsworth with concussion.
6 Feb 1918 RBAA [Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery] Gunner. Proceeded overseas to France ex Heytesbury [Artillery Training Base, Salisbury Plain, England] Southampton
12 Dec 1918 Rejoined unit France ex AGBD [Australian General Base Depot] England
Mar 1919 Transferred to England per "St Andrew" and admitted King George Hospital, London with appendicitis,
4 Jul 1919 Returned to Australia ex England per "Port Napier".
28 Aug 1919 Discharged. Received Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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William Edgar Sterry [1896-1968]

[Longhope, Gloucestershire, UK line]

This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War. In the 1930s, the Australian War Memorial purchased the original glass negatives from Algernon Darge, along with the photographers' notebooks.

Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria 20 Aug 1915
Personal Detail: Born North Melbourne, Victoria. Native born British Subject. 19 yrs 4 mths. Coach Builder. Apprenticed for 5 yrs as Drought & McGlone [Coachbuilders, Melbourne]. Not married. Father Albert Thomas Sterry of 5 White St, Coburg, Victoria.
Description: 5 feet 6 inches; 9 stone 7lbs, chest 32/35 inches, complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Marks: vaccination 4L,, mole left shoulder, scar left groin varicocele operation, scar left hip
Previous Service: Senior Cadet 4 yrs Coburg. 12 mths Infantry 60th Corporal
Rejected previously as unfit due to varicocele but re-examined and passed 18.8.15.

Service

Service No: 4929
Rank: Private/Lance Corporal/Corporal
Regiments 22nd and 23rd Depot Battalion, 20th Depot Battalion, 5th Battalion 15th Reinforcements, 59th Battalion
2 Sep 1915- 22nd Depot Battalion
17 Dec 1915- 20th Depot Battalion Castlemaine
20 Apr 1916- 59th Battalion
18 Jun 1916- Embarked on "HMT Kinfauns Castle" Alexandria [Egypt]; disembarked Marseilles [France]
27 Oct 1916- In France. Appointed Lance Corporal.
1 Nov 1916- In France. To hospital, sick in the field
27 Nov 1916- Embarked on H S Newhaven at Calais for England with Nephritis [inflammation of kidneys]; admitted Chatham Hospital; transferred to Dartford Hospital from Weymouth
14 Jun 1917-Absent with Leave Weymouth
20 Oct 1917- Proceeded overseas to France ex overseas training battalion Sandhill Camp via Southampton and rejoined battalion as Lance Corporal
5 Dec 1917- Wounded in action, slight, remained on duty; reverted to private at own request.
16 Mar 1918- In France; to hospital sick
30 Mar 1918- Embarked on "HS Ville de Liege" for England; admitted Ontario Military Hospital at Orpington Kent with laryngitis
7 Jun 1918- Returned to Australia for debility
30 Oct 1918- Discharged. Received Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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Thomas Sterry [1894-1934]

[Longhope, Gloucestershire, UK line]

Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria 27 Nov 1915
Personal Detail: Born North Melbourne, Victoria. Native born British Subject. 21 yrs 8 mths. Motor Driver. Not married. Father Albert Thomas Sterry of 5 White St, Coburg, Victoria. Apprenticed to Hoth and Fraser of Lonsdale St, Melbourne for 5 yrs.
Description: 5 feet 5¼ inches; 9 stone 5½lbs, chest 33/35½ inches, fresh complexion, eyes blue, hair brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Marks: vaccination 4 left arm, small scar right under finger, 2 small scar left knee
Previous Service: 4 yrs Senior Cadets 60th; 3 yrs Citizen Forces 60th

Service

Service No: 4203
Rank: Private
Regiments: 24th Depot Battallion A.I.F
28 Dec 1915- Depot Bath Royal Park. Transferred to Williamstown and Broadmeadows.
4 Aug 1916- Absent without leave two days at Rolleston [Nottinghamshire England]; drunk & creating a disturbance; deprived 8 days pay
28 Aug 1916- Not in possession of identity disc & refusing to give name; 168 hours dentention & 7 days forfeiture of pay
5 Sep 1916- Proceeding from England to France to join unit
23 Sep 2016- In Belgium
17 Feb 1917- In France; to hospital sick with scabies
24 Feb 1917- In France; rejoined Battalion
13 Oct 1917- In France; to hospital sick with exhaustion
11 Oct 1917- To England Canadian Hospital (in the field), exhausted
14 Oct 1917- Admitted 2nd Birmingham Northfield War Hospital with nephritis [kidney infection]. Transferred to Temp Hospital Seaton, Exeter then 3rd Aux Hospital Dartford
17 May 1918- Returned to Australia for discharge due to nephritis
13 Aug 1918- Discharged. Received Star, British War and Victory Medals.

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Thomas William Fell Sterry [1889-1945]

[Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK line]

Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria 15 Jul 1915.
Personal Detail: Born North Fitzroy, Victoria. Natural born British Subject. 26 yrs 6 mths. Orchardist. Not married. Father William Sterry, 18 Lewisham Rd, Windsor
Description: 5 feet 10¾ inches; 11 stone 2lbs, chest 32/33 inches, complexion sallow, eyes brown, hair brown
Religion: Presbyterian
Marks: vaccination 4L, 3 moles on spine
Previous Service: 9 months A F Artillery No 5 Battery

Service

Service No: 6411
Rank: Bombardier/Corporal. Gunner.
Regiments: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
18 Nov 1915 Embarked at Melbourne per per HMAT 'Wiltshire". Disembarked Suez 15 Dec 1915.
14 Mar 1916- Embarked at Alexandria for France to join British Expeditional Force. Disembarked at Marseilles on 19th March 1916.
22 Nov 1916- In France. Appointed Acting Bombardier; promoted Corporal on 22 Aug 1917 and Bombardier 20 Oct 2017
17 Nov 1917- To England on leave; rejoined 1 Dec 1917.
15 Feb 1918- France. To hospital sick with tonsillitis. Returned to Brigade on 18 Feb.
21 Mar 1918- Wounded in action-gassed and admitted to 5th Field Ambulance
27 Mar 1918- Admitted to 7th General Hospital Saint Omar, France
3 Apr 1918- Evacuated to England on A. S. "Brighton" and admitted to the Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, England
6 Jun 1918- Return to Australia per HT 'Barambah'; disembarked Melbourne 31 Jul 1918.
16 Aug 1918- Discharged. Received Star, British War and Victory Medals.