Peter Davidson SHERRIFF

SHERRIFF, Peter Davidson

    Service Number: 1797
    Enlisted: 17 May 1915, Liverpool
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 30 December 1893
    Home Town: Banksia, New South Wales, New South Wales
    Schooling: Glebe Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Paper Ruler
    Died: Natural causes, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 21 March 1937, aged 43 years
    Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
    Presbyterian Monumental Section 1, Grave 648
    Memorials: Rockdale Municipal Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    17 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
    19 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
    19 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
    4 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    13 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
    22 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
    22 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 18th Infantry Battalion
    3 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Shell wound left hand (severe)
    9 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Warfusee, Shell wound left arm
    25 Dec 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion, HT Takada, England for invaliding to Australia - disembarking Sydney 16 February 1919
    11 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1797, 18th Infantry Battalion

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