Samuel Henry SHEGOG

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SHEGOG, Samuel Henry

Service Number:	2914
Enlisted:	11 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 7 April 1894
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2914, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2914, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2914, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
20 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
24 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2914, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2914 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-24

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Samuel Henry SHEGOG was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 7th April, 1894

His parents were Samuel Edward SHEGOG & Alice Selina BADDLEY

He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 11th August, 1915 and embarked from Melbourne with the 26th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements on the HMAT Ulysses on 27th October, 1915 - he was transferred to the 12th Infantry Battalion on 20th March, 1916

Samuel was Killed in Action in France on 24th July, 1916 - no known grave - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

His brother Stanley Gordon SHEGOG (SN 4882) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919

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