Soldier profiles
Name : CHERRY, MAXWELL WILLIAM THOMAS
Service Number : VX1603
Date of Birth : 13/11/1918
Place of Birth : SEYMOUR, VIC
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 03/11/1939
Locality on Enlistment : MIDDLE BRIGHTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ALBERT PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : CHERRY, PATRICK
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/1 AUSTRALIAN COMP A/A REGIMENT WORKSHOP
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 28/09/1945
Date Died : 21/07/1976
Age at Death : 57
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6230403 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone
Background : 11/07/1940 Posted to the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion. 07/12/1940 Transferred out to 2/2 Anti Aircraft Regiment Workshop.
