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SHARP, Malcolm Robert
| Service Number: | 3552 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1916, Adelaide, City of Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Pulteney Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Paymaster |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, City of Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3552, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 10 Feb 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3552, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3552, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3552, 6th Pioneer Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3552 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3552, 6th Field Company Engineers |
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3552 Private Malcolm Robert Sharp, 5th Pioneer Battalion was a 24 year old paymaster from McKinnon Parade, North Adelaide, South Australia, when he enlisted on 10 May 1916. He listed his Next of Kin as his Mother, Mrs A O Sharp. He embarked for overseas with the 9th Reinforcements of the 5th Pioneer Battalion from Adelaide on 10 February 1917 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. While serving in France with the 6th Field Company Engineers, he was wounded in action (gassed) on 19 September 1918, evacuated to England and then returned to Australia on 26 February 1919. He was the brother of CQMS Kenneth Warren Sharp and Sergeant Stanley Vernon Sharp
Medals:
British War Medal
Victory Medal
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