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SHEPPARD, John Thomas

Service Numbers:	QX5139, 1/1189
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 6 December 1919
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, Korea, 15 February 1951, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Sergeant Sheppard was originally interred at Tanggok Cemetery. Portion 1 Plot and Row 1 Grave No.8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Sandgate War Memorial, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

World War 2 Service

27 May 1940:	Involvement Sergeant, QX5139, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion

Korean War Service

25 Jun 1950:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 1/1189, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)

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