James David SHEPHERD

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SHEPHERD, James David

Service Number:	496
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Esperance, Tasmania, 29 May 1888
Home Town:	Beauty Point, West Tamar, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaconsfield Beauty Point District Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 496, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 496, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 496, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 496, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 496 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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Biography

James David Shepherd was the son of James William Shepherd and Mary Shepherd nee Sainty. His grandparents were William West Shepherd (born Birmingham England 1817) and Jane Phoebe Shepherd nee King (born Dublin Ireland 1836) and James Sainty (born Castle Acres Norfolk England 1822) and Sarah Jane Sainty nee Callaghan (born County Down Ireland 1839). William West Shepherd, convict on ship Surrey in 1842. Jane King, immigrant on ship Caroline Middleton 1854. James Sainty, convict on ship Lord Auckland in 1844. Sarah Jane Callaghan, child of convict Eliza Callaghan on ship Lord Auckland in 1848.

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