John (Jack) SHARP

SHARP, John

Service Number: 1385
Enlisted: 31 August 1914, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Deepwater, NSW, 1889
Home Town: Deepwater, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 26 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1385, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
26 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1385, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1385 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-26

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Private John Sharp, 26 years of age, who died of wounds, was a native of Dundee near Glen Innes.  For many years he was employed at Mr. W.T. Cadell's Deepwater Station.  He enlisted in the first contingent, and was a splendied type of Australian bushman, greatly admired.