S10367
SHEPHERD, Eric John
Service Number: | 8381 |
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Enlisted: | 7 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Hindmarsh, South Australia, 19 June 1894 |
Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 31 August 1967, aged 73 years |
Cemetery: |
Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8381, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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22 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 8381, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
22 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 8381, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
14 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, On the 14th September, 1917, at ZILLEBEKE, the 18th Battery position was heavily shelled from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. with 5.9" and 8". At 3.36 p.m. an ammunition dump alongside No. 1 gun was hit and it and the gun pit caught fire. These men [8360 M.A. COCKER, 8381 D.D. BRADBURY, (8381) Lt E.J. SHEPHERD, (10762) Lt L. CARTHEW] on Lieutenant DODD calling for a party rushed out of the shelter trench in the face of the heavy fire and with water from adjacent shell holes succeeded in putting it out. Later the pit was again hit and it and the ammunition and an adjacent pit caught fire. These men again went out with Lieutenant DODD in the face of the shelling and succeeded in saving the guns and ammunition. They displayed great gallantry and determination in the face of very considerable danger.' | |
5 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
2 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Awarded the Military Medal
On the 14th September, 1917, at ZILLEBEKE, the 18th Battery position was heavily shelled from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. with 5.9" and 8". At 3.36 p.m. an ammunition dump alongside No. 1 gun was hit and it and the gun pit caught fire. These men [8360 M.A. COCKER, 8381 D.D. BRADBURY, (8381) Lt E.J. SHEPHERD, (10762) Lt L. CARTHEW] on Lieutenant DODD calling for a party rushed out of the shelter trench in the face of the heavy fire and with water from adjacent shell holes succeeded in putting it out. Later the pit was again hit and it and the ammunition and an adjacent pit caught fire. These men again went out with Lieutenant DODD in the face of the shelling and succeeded in saving the guns and ammunition. They displayed great gallantry and determination in the face of very considerable danger.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918
Submitted 20 November 2016 by Steve Larkins