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SHEPPARD, Robert Melville

Service Number:	1734
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 March 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France
Tree Plaque:	Yeronga Avenue of Honour
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avondale Honour Roll, Bundaberg Christ Church Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance, Yeronga War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1734, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1734, 52nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
29 Mar 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1734, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1734 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-29

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