Thomas James SHEPHERD

SHEPHERD, Thomas James

    Service Number: 589
    Enlisted: 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds, At sea on board HS Soudan, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 June 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Rev. H.W. Davison officiated Panel 11, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst Public School Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 589, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Driver, 589, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Driver, 589, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    7 Jun 1915: Involvement Driver, 589, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 589 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-06-07

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Williamson's Hotel, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW

    Son of Thomas and Jane Shepherd of 224 Durham Street, Bathurst, NSW. Brother of Amos Cooper Shepherd who returned to Australia on 15 November 1915 having served with the 1st Artillery Brigade

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served a Blacksmith apprenticeship with Rivett of Kelso, NSW

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