Bernard Joseph SHEA

SHEA, Bernard Joseph

Service Number: 9037
Enlisted: 29 August 1915, Enlisted in Holsworthy NSW and allocated to 2nd Div DAC.
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Nelson, New Zealand, 1881
Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation: Printer
Died: Fatal skull fracture caused by a fall, Sydney Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1932
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Rookwood Catholic, Section M2, Row 9, Plot 5829

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World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 9037, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted in Holsworthy NSW and allocated to 2nd Div DAC.
16 Nov 1915: Embarked Gunner, 9037, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
16 Nov 1915: Involvement Gunner, 9037, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
10 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , Taken on strength with newly raised 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade in Moascar, Egypt, and posted to 106th Bty.
13 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , 106th Howitzer Bty taken on strength with 6th FAB.
27 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 9037, 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , Battle for Pozières
8 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 9037, 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , Mouquet Farm
16 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 9037, 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , Sustained fracture of right tibia. Evacuated by 15th Field Ambulance to 9th Casualty Clearing Station in Brandhoek.
23 May 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 9037, 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , Embarked in Boulogne aboard Hospital Ship "St. Denis" for transfer to hospital in England with fractured right tibia.
27 Jul 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 9037, 106th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery , Embarked in England aboard HMAT "Demosthenes" for return to Australia for change, due to fractured right tibia and fibula.
30 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 9037, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged in 2nd Military District, Sydney, due to being medically unfit for further service.

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