Sydney Harold Osborne WILSHIRE

WILSHIRE, Sydney Harold Osborne

Service Number: 766
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
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World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 766, 21st Infantry Battalion
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

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Biography 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.