John Hugh SHEARER

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	16 December 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1 September 1875
Home Town:	Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Natural causes, South Australia, 25 September 1951, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Largs Bay St Alban's Church Roll of Honor

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

16 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Light Horse Regiment
2 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane
12 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 11th Light Horse Regiment

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Prominent South Australian footballer.

Served in the Boer War as a Private with 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles and later as a Lieutenant with 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

Served in the Great War as a Lieutenant and Captain with 9th and 11th Light Horse Regiments, returned 1917.