Charles Richard SHELDON

SHELDON, Charles Richard

Service Number: NX130227
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 'M' Special Unit
Born: Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia, 29 November 1891
Home Town: Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Murdered, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 15 June 1943, aged 51 years
Cemetery: Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
7. A. 14.
Memorials: Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Captain, NX130227, 'M' Special Unit
Date unknown: Enlisted NX130227, Z Special Unit

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Edward Sheldon and Elizabeth Sheldon

Husband of Elizabeth Lascelles Hamilton Sana Sheldon of Rose Bay, NSW

Australian Infantry - attached to "M" Special Unit

Captured on Aru Island and sent to Ambon where he was eventually executed by the Japanese Secret Police