Joseph Ewen SHEFFIELD

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Service Number:	2134
Enlisted:	12 April 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1985, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Wagga Wagga Methodist Church Roll of Honour

12 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2134, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2134, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
1 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion, In France
3 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2134, 36th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right elbow and invalided to England on 6 July 1917, Rank at the time was Temporary Sergeant
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2134, 36th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Multiple wounds including both thighs and hand. Invalided to England
24 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2134, 36th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as Wounded

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Address at the time of enlistment was 6 Mosmann Street, Mosman, NSW

Son of Frederick William Sheffield and Rose Sheffield of Bayliiss Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW

During 1916c Joseph married Enid E. Withers in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 16 March 1918 disembarking on the 24 May 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal