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SHEPHARD, John Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2777 |
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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, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Brush maker |
Died: | Illness, France, 12 July 1916, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2777, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.