Edward John SHEATHER

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SHEATHER, Edward John

Service Numbers:	3475, 3475B
Enlisted:	11 November 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Palmers Island,, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Tumoulin, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	MacLean & Grafton Public Schools, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness - Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 20 October 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot XV11, Row AA, Grave 9 Headstone inscription reads: Father in Thy gracious keeping leave we now our brother sleeping,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maclean Public School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3475, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3475, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3475, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
24 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, In the field an alloted 'A' to his service number
16 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, Transferred back from the 52 Battalion and allotted 'B' added to his service number
20 Oct 1918:	Involvement Private, 3475B, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3475B awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-20

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry and Catherine Sheather; brother of Archibald Hugh Sheather who was killed in action on 12 August 1918 and Willam J. Sheather of 878 King Street, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands

16 October 1918 - to hspital with Bronchitis

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Family comments: He was of a very quiet retiring disposition and did not take much part in public affairs but was an active member of the Ravenshoe Rifle Club

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