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SHEFFIELD, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 476 , 476 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1914, Enlisted at Guilford, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Leicester, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 476 , 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guilford, WA | |
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| 17 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 476, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 476, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle | |
| 25 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 5 Jul 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 3 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 476 , 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of W.A. Sheffield of 66 Lower Hastings Street, Leicester, England
Returned to Australia aboard HMAT Oxfordshire on 4 August 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Leicestshire Yeomanry.