Lionel SHEPARD

SHEPARD, Lionel

Service Number: S28983
Enlisted: 27 August 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Richmond, SA, 18 April 1900
Home Town: Plympton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

27 Aug 1940: Involvement Private, S28983
27 Aug 1940: Enlisted Keswick, SA
27 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S28983
18 Aug 1941: Discharged
18 Aug 1941: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S28983

Successful Horseman

My Grandfather Lionel Shepard was a successful jockey and trainer over many years.
He operated his small stable of horses out of his residence that housed stables in Curzon St Camden Park.

In 1927 he was part of history at the Oakbank Easter Carnival.
He and his mount, Mount Cooper dead heated with a horse call Unohoo in the 1927 Great Eastern Steeple Chase over the marathon journey of 4950 metres

To this day, it still remains the only dead heat in this race.

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