Alfred Edwin (Ted) SHEARD

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Service Numbers:	Commissioned Officer, Officer
Enlisted:	9 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 12 December 1888
Home Town:	Gawler, Gawler, South Australia
Schooling:	Gawler High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Died of wounds, Noreuil France, 29 March 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 1, Row M,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Unley Wayville Honor Roll

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
3 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 50th Infantry Battalion, Received Commission
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 50th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
29 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, Wounded by artillery fire as the Battalion was assembling ahead of the Battle for Noreuil. Died of Wounds p 41 Faulkner Andrew 2017 "Guts Glory and Blunder'.
29 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-03-29

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