Harry Leonard SHELRIGE MM

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SHELRIGE, Harry Leonard

Service Number:	377
Enlisted:	14 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Albury New South Wales Australia , 24 May 1887
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Railway accident, Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1933, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-03. 39. Real name: Henry Victor H Sheldrick
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World War 1 Service

14 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 377, 12th Light Horse Regiment
13 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 377, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
13 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 377, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
25 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Light Horse Regiment
21 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Light Horse Regiment
25 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 377, 12th Light Horse Regiment, GSW right knee
17 Oct 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 119 Date: 17 October 1919
28 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 377, 12th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served bravely during The Great War, resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.

88 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 10th April 1933, Sergeant Henry Victor H Sheldrick, M.M. (served as SHELRIGE-Harry Leonard, 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Reg No-377), station hand and shunter from 37 Best Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and Tourle Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 45. METHODIST 4-03. 39.

Born at Albury, New South Wales on the 24th May 1887 to Henry A and Elizabeth J Sheldrick; husband of Amelia Josephine Sheldrick nee Haynes (married 1921, Waratah, N.S.W., died 1977, 44 years a widow), Harry enlisted January 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.

Reported enlisting as SHELRIGE.
Wounded in action - 25.9.1918 (GSW right knee, slight). Admitted to hospital 16.12.1917 (pyrexia).
Awarded Military Medal 15.10.1918.

Harry returned home May 1919, not being discharged until the 28th October 1919.

Mr Sheldrick’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Wagga Wagga & District War Memorial or any known district War Memorial or Roll of Honour.

The tragic circumstances of Harry’s death was widely reported. see links

Mr Sheldrick’s headstone has been clearly and proudly inscribed with his service with the 1st A.I.F., and I have placed poppies to honour his bravery and sacrifice for God, King and Country.

Lest We Forget.

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