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SHEERMAN, Frank Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 901 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Leighton Buzzard, England, 1885 |
Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Lidcombe school |
Occupation: | Postal Employee |
Died: | Wounds to the shoulder and arm, Government Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 17 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row J, Grave 53 Headstone inscription reads: Sadly missed, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 901, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 901, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 901, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
1 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), In the field | |
17 Aug 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 901, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 901 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frank Roy SHEERMAN was born in 1885 in Leighton Buzzard, England
His parents were Sydney Arthur SHEERMAN & Catherine HOUSEMAN
Two of his brothers also served in WW1
1. Hubert John SHEERMAN (SN 63857) - returned to Australia in 1919
2. James Duncombe SHEERMAN (SN 902) - discharged in 1917