Sherry, Arthur J.
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: Oct. 7, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Camp Upton
* then to Camp Jay - Governor's Island [NY]
Units to which belonged:
* Medical [Corps]
Date of trip overseas: Oct 29 1917
Service there:
* 8 months at Medical Supply Depot at Cosne - Sending supplies to front.
* 5 months at Chief Surgeon's Office - Tours - in supplies dept.
* 4 months at Bordeaux, in charge of two Ambulance Co's., loading ships with wounded & evacuating hospitals.
Date of return: March 9, 1919
Date of demobilization: March 20, 1919
Honors received: Promoted by steps from Private to Master Hospital Sergeant in France.

 

 

NOTES
Camp Upton (Longwood's Journey)
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/uptonhome.htm

Governors Island Historic District (New York City Landmarks Commission)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/GOVERNORS_ISLAND_-_HISTORIC_DISTRICT.pdf

The Finance and Supply Division: Medical Supplies (U.S. Army. Medical
Department. Office of Medical History)
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/adminamerexp/chapter19.html

World War I: The Ambulance Service (U.S. Army. Medical Department. Office
of Medical History)
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/HistoryofUSArmyMSC/chapter2.html

American Presence Post - Bordeaux Bordeaux (U.S. Consulate. Project
Condorcet - Memorials)
http://bordeaux.usconsulate.gov/projectcondorcet-memorials.html