Francis SHEPHERD

SHEPHERD, Francis

    Service Numbers: 1989, 190, 6849
    Enlisted: 14 August 1914, Townsville, Queensland
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Georgetown, Queensland, Australia, 10 April 1894
    Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tailor
    Died: Natural causes, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 20 November 1933, aged 39 years
    Cemetery: Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Aug 1914: Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 1989, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Townsville, Queensland
    16 Sep 1914: Discharged Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 1989, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
    17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 190, Enoggera, Queensland
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 190, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 190, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 190, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    14 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 190, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (knee)
    13 Oct 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 190, 15th Infantry Battalion
    12 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6849, Brisbane, Queensland
    17 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
    17 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    8 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion
    8 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6849, 15th Infantry Battalion

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    Son of Francis Shepherd and Annie Elizabeth Jenkin

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