Frank Roy SHEERMAN

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Service Number:	901
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 Row J, Grave 53 Headstone inscription reads: Sadly missed, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 901, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
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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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