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SHEIL, Francis James Murray
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1707 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Wilton, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1890 |
Home Town: | Mittagong, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
Schooling: | St Joseph's College, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 20 April 1917, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery INSCRIPTION ETERNAL REST GRANT HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE ON HIM Grave B. 5. , Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery, Vaulx, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mittagong War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1707, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1707, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 26 and the son of John Thomas and Mary Isabella Sheil, of "Glen Lorne," Mittagong, New South Wales.