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SHERVINGTON, William John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2855 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915, Place of enlistment - Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Kidston, Einasleigh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 19 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hagle Dump Cemetery Plot IV, Row C, Grave 2/9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2855, 25th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Salvage Company | |
| 28 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2855, 49th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of James Enock and Mary Shervington, of Aplin St., Cairns, Queensland.
Letter of Sympathy.
The mother of W. J. Sherrington, who was killed on October 19th, 1917, while carrying out the duties of a stretcher-bearer, has received from Corporal J. Cooper, on behalf of the stretcher-bearers of the battalion, a sympathetic letter which speaks most highly of the deceased.
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