STERRY Thomas William Fell

  Service number 6411

ORIGINAL NAME PLATE C.1929

On the 4^thApril 1918 Thomas was severely gassed and hospitalised; diagnosed with gas poisoning.

Returned to Australia on the 6^thJune 1918.

Discharged on the 16^thAugust 1918.

In 1919 Thomas worked as a Poultry farmer in Beaconsfield. He later married Hettie Irene Zabel Upton and lived in Caulfield, then employed in sales.

The Argus (10^thOctober 1945)

“Sterry- On October 8^th at Caulfield Military Hospital, Thomas William, dearly loved husband of Hettie, loved father of William (AIF), father-in-law of Yvonne, 50 Saturn Street, South Caulfield (late 1^st AIF, 10^th Battalion, 4^th Fd Bge)- at Rest.

Sterry- On October 8^th at Caulfield Military Hospital, Thomas William, late 1^st, 10^th Battalion, AIF, eldest son of William E Sterry and the late Sophia Sterry, brother of Florrie (Mrs SC Stuart) and dear uncle of Dorothy – In God’s care.”

Died on the 8^thOctober 1945 at Caulfield, Victoria.

Cremated on the 10^thOctober 1945 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery.

Name	STERRY, Thomas William Fell
Service Number	6411
Rank	Gunner
Roll	4 Field Artillery Brigade (November 1915)
Conflict	First World War 1914-1918
Embarked	18thNovember 1915
City	Melbourne
Ship	HMAT Wiltshire A18
Age	26 years
Birth Place	1889, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Father	William E Sterry, 18 Lewisham Road, Windsor, Victoria
Mother	Sophia (Fell) Sterry
Religion	Presbyterian
Occupation	Orchardist
Residence	18 Lewisham Road, Windsor
Enlisted	15thJuly 1915
Height	5 feet, 10 ¾ inches
Complexion	Sallow; Eyes-  Brown; Hair- Brown