SHARROCK, James Benjamin
| Other Name: | SHARROCK, James Benjamin Dyson - Burial Details |
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| Service Number: | 1280 |
| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Macarthur, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bessiebelle, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 26 December 1945, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Myamyn and Condah Public Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1280, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1280, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1280, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Benjamin James SHARROCK and Mary Ann SHARROCK nee DYSON, Bessiebelle via Port Fairy,
Husband of Catherine SHARROCK nee SAUNDERS
Mr James B Sharrock, who died at Hamilton on December 26, was a son of Mrs. M. A. and the late Mr. B. J. Sharrock, of Bessiebelle where he was born and spent his youth. He enlisted in the Great War, and sailed for overseas in October, 1915, as a member if the Light Horse. He was later transferred to the Supply Column A.S.C., and returned invalided in 1918. In 1919, he married Miss Kath Saunders, of Condah, and engaged in carpentering in the district.
Later, he took up a settlement block at Wickliffe, and there his health brook down and he returned to the Condah district. The fortitude with which he bore his long illness earned him the admiration of all who knew him. Mr. Sharrock is survived by his wife and two sons - Nicholas and Bert. - both if the A.I.F. The Rev. Mr. Prentice conducted the funeral service and returned soldiers, led by Mr. A. N. Black, paid their tributes of remembrance.
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