100 Days of Heroes: Tragic family’s double grief over brothers in arms

WINSTON and Charlotte Terry of North Hobart lost not one son to the First World War, but two.

Private Edward Churchill Terry is remembered at tree 46 on the Soldiers’ Memorial Avenue.

WINSTON and Charlotte Terry of North Hobart lost not one son to the First World War, but two.

Edward Churchill Terry was born on July 28, 1891. His brother Guy Winston Terry was two and a half years his junior, born January 19, 1894.

The boys attended Albuera Street State School before Edward went on to work as a railway porter and Guy as a draughtsman.

Edward enlisted in December 1914, and was assigned to the 12th Battalion. He departed Australia two months later in February 1915.

He sustained significant gunshot wounds at Gallipoli and was transported to Alexandria for treatment, but died on August 14, 1915 at 24 years of age.

He was buried at the Chatby War Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria, Egypt.

Private Edward Churchill Terry’s plaque on the Soldiers’ Memorial Avenue.

Two years later, Guy was reported missing in action in France and died as a prisoner of war in Reserve Lazarett, Munster Lager, Germany on May 22, 1917, aged 23, after an unsuccessful operation to remove a bullet from his hip.

He was originally buried at the camp’s cemetery but was later reburied at Hamburg Cemetery in Ohlsdorf, Germany.

Another Terry brother, Eric, was a captain in the 45th Battalion and was Mentioned in Despatches before returning safely home.

Tree numbers 46 and 265 on the Soldiers’ Memorial Avenue commemorate Private Edward Terry and Lance Corporal Guy Terry, respectively.

Their names also appear on honour boards at the Hobart Town Hall, Holy Trinity Church and Albuera Street State School.

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Lance Corporal Guy Winston Terry’s plaque on the Soldiers’ Memorial Avenue.