John Stanley SHEPPARD

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Service Number:	2382
Enlisted:	13 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 15 August 1892
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	Killed in action, France, 24 August 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2382, 21st Infantry Battalion
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2382, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2382, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne

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