SHEARD, Charles Kilner
| Service Number: | 3499 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burnie, Tas., 9 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Trundle, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wangaratta Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Chatswood, Sydney, NSW, 5 August 1976, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Trundle Hedge of Remembrance, Trundle WWI Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3499, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3499, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3499, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
CHARLIE KILNER SHEARD was born on 9th October, 1891, at Burnie, Tasmania, the son of Mr. Charles Kilner Sheard and Mrs. Annie Eliza Sheard. He was educated at the Wangaratta Grammar School, Victoria, and joined the service of the Bank at Narrandera on 24th June, 1910. On 8th May, 1912, he was transferred to Mudgee as ledger-keeper; and to Trundle, as teller, on 18th September, 1914.
Charlie Sheard enlisted as a private in the A.I.F. on 9th August, 1915, and later on joined the 49th Battalion, 13th Infantry Brigade. He saw active service in Egypt from November, 1915, to June, 1916, in France, until the end of October, 1918, and then in England until 23rd August, 1919. While in France in October, 1916, he was promoted to second lieutenant and to lieutenant on 1st January, 1917.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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