SHARP, Archibald Thomson
| Service Number: | 672 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Uddingston, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Dalziel Public School, Lanarkshire, Scotland. |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 15 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Grave IV. A. 8. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Motherwell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 672, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 672, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
5th Company-Australian Machine Gun Corps
Lance Corporal Sharp was a son of David Horn Sharp and Mary Thomson Sharp of 5 Campbell Place, Halfway, Cambuslang, Scotland.
Next of kin-David Horn Sharp,believed to be his
father of 53 Miller Street, Motherwell, Scotland.
It is not clear just how old he was at death-CWGC stae his age at 20, but the AIF Project states he was 21 on arrival in Australia, 22 at embarkation and 24 years and 10 months at death.
Enlistment date: 28 February 1915
Unit name at enlistment:19th Battalion, B Company
His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915.
He is remembered on the grave of his parents at Strathaven Cemetery, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
He is commemorated on the Motherwell War Memorial.
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