SHEARD, Charles Owen
| Service Number: | 5306 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, June 1886 |
| Home Town: | Manjimup, Manjimup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 21 December 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Pemberton Honour Board, Pemberton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5306, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5306, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5306, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 14 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 5306, 28th Infantry Battalion |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
CQMS Charles Owen SHEARD,
Regimental Number: 5306
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Southwell, Manjimup, WA
Age of Enlistment: 29 years
Enlistment Date and Place: 10 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, WA
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs. Louisa Sheard, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Fremantle, WA, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 9 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll: 28th Battalion
Campaigns Served: France
War Service/Promotions: Arrived in Plymouth, Devon, England, 25 September 1916. Proceeded overseas to Etaples, France per SS Victoria on 16 November 1916. On 3 March 1917 appointed Lance Corporal; Promoted to Corporal 1 May 1917. Promoted to T/Sgt, 4 June 1917, then Sergeant 18 September 1917; To be Temp/CQMS 15 October 1917, Belgium. Proceeded on leave to England 20 October 1917, rejoined from leave 1 November 1917. Promoted in the Field to Company Quartermaster Sergeant (C.Q.M.S.), 5 January 1918. Proceeded on leave to Paris, France, 6 February 1918 until 25 February 1918. In Field until 3 October 1918, then on leave until 21 October 1918. On 26 May 1919 he left Le Havre, France to England, where he stayed until he was demobilized 9 December 1919.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HT Borda, 9 December 1919. He married Maria Pomeroy Hungerford, 5 June 1926, North Perth Methodist Church, Perth, WA.
Place of Death: 21 December 1966, Perth, WA
Place of Burial: His ashes are interred at Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, WA
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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