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WILSHIRE, Sydney Harold Osborne
Personal Details
Service Number: | 766 |
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Enlisted: | 15 March 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Killed In Action, France, 31 July 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium Grave VIII. C. 14. Personal Inscription OH BRAVE AND GENTLE HEART WELL HAST THOU PLAYED THY PART |
Memorials: | Deniliquin War Memorial, Sydney Reserve Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank) Honor Roll WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 766, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 766, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 766, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
31 Jul 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-07-31 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 27 and a son of Osborne and Mary Louisa Howe Wilshire. His brother Lionel Ernest Osborne Wilshire also fell.