Charles Owen SHEARD

SHEARD, Charles Owen

Service Number: 5306
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
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World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5306, 28th Infantry Battalion
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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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

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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