Arthur
Edward
Perry
Born in Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of James Perry
and Maria Anne Pink
Brother of
Candahar James Perry, Eliza Jane Perry [half], Emily Perry [half], Herbert William Perry [half], Marie Amy Perry [half], Alfred Henry Perry [half], Ethel May Perry [half], George Albert Perry [half] and Florence Ellanore Perry [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 28
in Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jun 2018
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Biography
Arthur Perry is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Private Arthur Perry was killed in action during World War I.
Arthur Edward Perry was born in 1889 in Mildura, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of James Perry and Maria Pink. [1]
He married Ruby Gladys Gannaway in 1910. [2]
Arthur enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, embarking from Melbourne on 28 Jul 1916 on HMAT Themistocles A32. He was serving with the 5th Australian Infantry Battalion when he was killed in action in Belgium on 20 Sep 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
Sources
- ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Arthur Edwd PERRY. Birth. Registration number 14641/1889. Mother Maria TINK, Father Jas. Place of birth Mildura. Link to search page
- ↑ Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Arth Edward PERRY and Ruby Gladys GANNAWAY. Marriage. Registration number 3984/1910. Link to search page
- National Archives of Australia, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920. PERRY Arthur Edward : Service Number 6065 NAA: B2455, PERRY ARTHUR EDWARD
- First World War Embarkation Rolls. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 2 May 2023) Arthur Edward Perry Service number 6065, Rank: Private, 5 Infantry Battalion - 13 to 23 Reinforcements (December 1915 - November 1916), Date of embarkation: 28 Jul 1916, Place of embarkation: Melbourne, Ship embarked on: HMAT Themistocles A32.
- Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 2 May 2023) Arthur Edward Perry Service number 6065, Rank: Private, Unit: 5th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Date of death: 20 Sep 1917, Place of death: Belgium, Cause of death: Killed in action, Age at death: 28, Place of association: Mildura, Victoria, Memorial: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Note: Includes photograph.
- Private Arthur Edward Perry (Commonwealth War Graves Commission, https://www.cwgc.org : accessed 2 May 2023) Service number 6065, Unit: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 5th Bn., Date of death: 20 Sep 1917, Age: 28, Buried or commemorated at: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 7, Belgium. Note: Son of James and Maria Ann Perry; husband of Ruby Gladys Perry, of Renmark, South Australia. Native of Mildura, Victoria.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
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~1.56%
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