Frederick Stanley SHEFFIELD

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SHEFFIELD, Frederick Stanley

Service Number:	3905
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Torrensville, South Australia, 16 September 1897
Home Town:	Torrensville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Pericarditis and Tuberculosis, 7th Australian General Hospital, Keswick, South Australia , Keswick Military Hospital, Keswick, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1 October 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Road 1 North, Path 30, Aspect E, Grave 15. Internment number 49673 which expires on the 21 February 2062 Commemorated in the Garden of Remembrance, Centennial Park, SA, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3905, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3905, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3905, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 3905, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Francis Samuel Sheffield and Lavinia Sheffield nee Stoddart of Oakington Terrace, Torrensville, SA. Brother of Alfred Ernest Sheefield, Florence Myrtle Sheffielf and Henry Herbert Sheffield

Prior to enlisting he was employed by a Mr. Jones a lucerne grower of Lockleys, SA and was serving with the Citizen Military Forces

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on the 23 August 1917 suffering from Tuberculosis

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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