Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Gender

Male

Address (at enlistment)

Ginninderra ACT

Belconnen Area Enlistments WW1, Ellen Clark Park, Smith Street, Weetangera
Ainslie Cricket Club Honour Roll (refer Queanbeyan Age 28 January 1916)

No service file because the full identity of Berry is unknown. An 'A. Berry' lived in the Ginninderra area, played for the Ainslie Cricket Club and his name appears on the Ainslie Cricket Club Roll of Honor. He also played soccer for Gininderra (Ginninderra) and in late 1914 helped raise funds for the Gininderra Red Cross. The CWA manuscript refers to him as 'Alexander Berry' and as some of the members were married to men who knew him and played sport with him presumably this is his correct name. The reports concerning the Ainslie Cricket Club suggest that Berry was the first player to enlist (in late 1915).

Queanbeyan Age - 24 July 1914, 22 December 1914, 24 July 1915, 28 January 1916
National Library of Australia : Country Women's Association of NSW (Canberra Branch) History, 1959 (manuscript call no. NLA MS 734)
Stories from the ACT Memorial, 'Ainslie Challenges the Kultur Club', ACT Heritage Library www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/stories_from_the_act_memorial