Henry Septimus SHERIFF

SHERIFF, Henry Septimus

Service Numbers: SN 2528, 2528
Enlisted: 27 April 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gawler, South 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
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

27 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 2528, 50th Infantry Battalion
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

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".

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of George SHERIFF and Mary Ann KNIGHT