Godfrey John SHERMAN

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SHERMAN, Godfrey John

Service Number:	206
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 206, Enlisted at Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 206, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 206, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William and Amelia Sherman of 'Larissa' 27 Nelson Street, Woollahra, NSW. Brother of Leslie Sherman who was killed in action on 3 October 1917 while serving with the 33 Battalion and Percy Sherman of Gordon, NSW

Next of kin given as a friend Kathleen Cleveland Coxe of The Wentworth, Bondi Beach, NSW who was not known to his parents

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

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