SHEPHERD, Archie Gordon
| Service Numbers: | 10673, 1177 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
| Born: | Inglewood, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Inglewood, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness (Intestinal Obstruction), 10th Stationary Hospital, France, 3 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery IV E 78, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Inglewood War Memorial, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Queenstown Hethersett Voluntary Hospital Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 10673, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1177, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1177, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 10673, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 10673, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 10673, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10673 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles and Janet SHEPHERD, Brooke Street, Inglewood, Victoria
SAPPER A. G. SHEPHERD.
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd, of Brooke-street, North Inglewood, received intelligence on Monday night through the Defence department of the death of their son, Sapper Archie G. Shepherd, who died at the 10th Stationary Hospital, France, on 3rd November. Sapper Shepherd was an original Anzac. He was previously wounded on Gallipoli and invalided home with a bullet in one lung. He again returned to the fighting line without the bullet having been extracted. The cause of his death is not stated. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have been extremely unfortunate, as two sons and a son-in-law have now made the supreme sacrifice. It might be added that the late Sapper Shepherd was the first Inglewood soldier to be wounded in the war.
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