Perry, Joseph
SURNAME
Perry
NAME
Joseph
PLACE OF BIRTH
Newcastle, NSW
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Townsville, QLD
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
26/02/1916
NEXT OF KIN
(friend) Miss M Murphy, North Australian Hotel, Port Douglas, QLD (later Mrs Ramsay)
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Address on Nominal Roll: Miss M Murphy, North Australian Hotel, Port Douglas, QLD
REGIMENT 1
9th Battalion AIF
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
KILLED-IN-ACTION
Yes, 7/05/1917
OTHER INFORMATION
Medals: British War Medal No.44768, Victory No.44262, Memorial Plaque No.323829.
STORY OUTLINE
Joseph Perry was a single man when he enlisted at age 37 years. Since he gives his next-of-kin as "friend" Miss May Murphy of the North Australian Hotel (later renamed the "Central")- it could well be that they were sweethearts.
He embarked in August 1916 on the HMAT "Itonus" disembarking at Plymouth on 18th October 1916 - just two months later the "Itonus" was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranian Sea.
After three months training he was transferred to Parkhouse Hospital in England suffering from mumps.
Joseph was sent to Etaples, France in April 1917 and was killed in action less than three weeks later.
He is commemorated on Panel No.57 at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneaux where the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France, and who have no known grave are marked.
SERVICE NO
6079
