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:	Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, The South Australian National War Memorial, 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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