Soldier profiles
Name : CHERRY, ROBERT FINLAY
Service Number : VX21947
Date of Birth : 15/10/1900
Place of Birth : ARTHURS CREEK, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FACTORY EMPLOYEE
Date of Enlistment : 04/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BENDIGO, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : MCCOLL, HILDA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : C COMPANY (AUSTRALIA), C COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 13/09/1940
Date Died : N/A
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 6206955 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, M_MONAGHAN_1.jpg, M_MONAGHAN_2.jpg
Background : Friend of Hilda McColl.
Service & personal summary single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 8 inches, green eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : appendectomy scar, tattoo right arm (clasped hands and thistle), skin marks on back.
Service record
04/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
06/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
13/09/1940 Struck off strength (discharged).
13/09/1940 Discharged as medically unfit.
