John Maxwell SHEPHERD

SHEPHERD, John Maxwell

Service Number: 1276
Enlisted: 25 March 1915, Served for four years in the Singleton Company, Australian Light Horse.
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 13th Field Company Engineers
Born: Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1887
Home Town: Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales
Schooling: Coopernook Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Dairy farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 7 April 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France
Queant Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 30), Buissy, France, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton Camberwell Honour Roll, Singleton War Memorial, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

25 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1276, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Served for four years in the Singleton Company, Australian Light Horse.
15 Sep 1915: Involvement Sapper, 1276, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915: Embarked Sapper, 1276, 3rd Field Company Engineers, SS Makarini, Melbourne
22 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1276, 3rd Field Company Engineers, GSW to right arm
28 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers
30 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Field Company Engineers
7 Apr 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 1276, 13th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1276 awm_unit: 13th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-07

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