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SHEFFIELD, Harold Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 16700 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2 November 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Lawn F, Row 42, Grave 53. Service conducted on the 5 November 1974 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16700, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 17 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 16700, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 16700, Army Medical Corps (AIF), RMS Omrah, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Ambulance, In France | |
| 3 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 16700, 5th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District. Held ranks from Corporal to Sergeant until deployed overseas when he reverted to Private |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Moses Sheffield and Emily Sarah Sheffield nee Sweatman of Ascot Vale, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HS Port Darwin as Nursing Staff disembarking on the 27 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Harold married Olive Elizabeth Garner in Victoria. Father of Marjorie Sheffield, Lawrence Sheffield and Raymond Sheffield