SHELDON, Job
| Service Number: | 1235 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1916, 2 years Senior Cadets, 1 year Citizen Forces |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1235, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2 years Senior Cadets, 1 year Citizen Forces | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1235, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1235, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember the 14th name inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour as Fallen.
On the 12th October 1917, Private Job Sheldon, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1235), wheeler from Minmi, New South Wales, was possibly killed by enemy shell fire, 1st Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium, age 20 years 10 months.
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 9th December 1896 to Job Jnr (died tragically 26.3.1896, Wallsend Colliery, N.S.W., age 22, buried at Old Wallsend Cemetery, N.S.W.), from Brown Street, Wallsend, N.S.W., and Mary Ann Sheldon nee Cummings (Mary re-married to John James Mitchell 1904, Minmi, N.S.W., John died tragically 3.3.1911, Minmi, N.S.W., age 37, buried at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., from Newtown, Minmi, New South Wales, Mary re-married to William George Henry Donaldson 1915, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., William died 17.12.1957, Burwood, N.S.W., age 69, ashes interred Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Mary died 2.9.1951, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., age 75, mother of 3?, sleeping at Kurri Kurri General Cemetery, N.S.W., no photo, memorial inscription?), from 355 Lang Street, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W.; husband of Isabella Mary Sheldon nee Freeman (born 27.4.1900, Minmi, N.S.W., married 20.11.1915, Wallsend, N.S.W., Isabella re-married to Robert Lonsdale 23.3.1918, New Lambton, N.S.W., just 5 months a widow, Robert died 13.10.1957, New Lambton, N.S.W., age 67, ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W., Isabella died 4.12.1984, Gateshead West, N.S.W., age 84, 27 years a widow, mother of 4?, ashes scattered at Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W.), from Gully Line, New Lambton, N.S.W. (1916) and Minmi, N.S.W., Job enlisted on the 19th January 1916, age 19 years 1 month, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 23.6.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 21.11.1916.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (GSW left arm, slight, Battle of Messines).
Transferred to England 9.6.1917.
Admitted to hospital 9.6.1917.
Granted furlough from 18.7.1917 to 1.8.1917.
Detached to 9th Australian Machine Gun Company 8.9.1917.
Place of Association - Minmi, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Sheldon’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Wallsend Soldiers' Memorial - not marked as Killed in Action, and the Wallsend Municipal & District Roll of Honor - not marked as Killed in Action.
Unfortunately, there would be no memorial inscription at the gravesite of father Job Jnr to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, and I don’t know if there is a memorial inscription at the gravesite of mother Mary.
See The Harrower Collection - https://harrowercollection.com.au/#
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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