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SHERIFF, Henry Septimus
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | SN 2528, 2528 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, Australia , 7 March 1885 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 February 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban K 47 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 2528, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2528, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2528, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
Henry Sheriff's death
Private Robert Haines, a stretcher bearer in the 50th Battalion, recorded in his diary on 2 February 1917 that he brought "back Sheriff who was killed on Wiring Party".
At the time the 50th Battalion was at Perth Camp in Bernafay Wood.
Haines says that he attended the burial ceremony the next day, and on 4 February he records going to a neighbouring camp to "find a cross for Sheriff's grave".
Submitted 7 September 2021 by Andrew Taylor
Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Son of George SHERIFF and Mary Ann KNIGHT