Rupert Fairfax SHELDON

SHELDON, Rupert Fairfax

    Service Number: 2833
    Enlisted: 3 August 1915, Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 13 November 1896
    Home Town: Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
    Schooling: Marrickville Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1970, aged 73 years
    Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
    Roman Catholic Monumental Section 2, Grave 363
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2833, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2833, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2833, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion
    18 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2833, 55th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW right arm
    18 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2833, 55th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit - defective vision

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Elizabeth Ellen and Fairfax SHELDON

    Mother remarried - Elizabeth Ellen BRAMMER, 72 Sydenham Street, Marrickville, NSW

    Rupert served in Egypt and France and was wounded at Bullecourt in May 1917.  He returned to duty 22 August 1917 and saw action at Felurbaix, Lagnicourt, Vaux, Bullecourt, and the Somme offensive.  He was invalided to Australia and discharged as medcially unfit after the loss of his left eye caused by an exploding bomb.

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