Benjamin James SHEPHERD

SHEPHERD, Benjamin James

Service Number: 1320
Enlisted: 7 October 1914, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW Originally issued with service number 1179 but changed soon after to number 1320
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town: Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Coal Wheeler
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

7 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1320, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW Originally issued with service number 1179 but changed soon after to number 1320
8 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1320, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1320, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1320, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1320 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Hill Shepherd of Bathurst, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal