SHEDDEN, Hamilton Charles
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | 24 January 1860, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Evandale, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Moore Thelogical College Sydney |
| Occupation: | Church of England Minister |
| Died: | Evandale, Tas., 19 June 1931, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Mon B9 206.00 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Jul 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
REV. CHARLES HAMILTON SHEDDEN died suddenly at his residence at Evandale, at the age of 71 years. The late Rev. Shedden was educated at Moore College, Sydney, and was appointed rector of Sofala (N.S.Wales) in 1880, being transferred to Bourke in 1890, and Carcoar in 1898.
He was rural dean in the Western District Diocese of Bathurst in 1895, canon of All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, in 1896, vicar at Kingston (Tasmania) 1901-3, rector of Forth and Lovon 1903-10, and rector of Evandale 1910-27. He was awarded the V.D. in the Commonwealth Military Forces in 1927, and was chaplain of the 12th Battalian, A.I.F., 1915. At the interment in the Carr Villa cemetery on Sunday afternoon there was a large gathering of mourners, Archdeacon Atkinson conducting the service at the graveside.
Advocate Tuesday 23 June 1931 page 2