John Ernest SHEPHARD

SHEPHARD, John Ernest

Service Number: 2777
Enlisted: 2 August 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia, 30 May 1892
Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: George Street State School Fitzroy
Occupation: Brush maker
Died: Non Battle Casualty, Marseilles, France, 12 July 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France
Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2777, 23rd Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2777, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2777, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
15 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Died of illness in Marseilles, rheumitism, albuminuria and pericarditis.

Brothers 2776 Private George Arnold Shephard, 60th Battalion, who was killed in action on 19 July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France and 2778 Private Thomas Henry Phillip Shephard, 60th Battalion, who was killed in action in Fleurbaix, France on 19 July 1916.