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Graham Leslie SHARKEY

Regimental number26513
Place of birthGlenmore Road, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolGlenmore Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address26 Hoddle Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Sharkey, 26 Hoddle Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 5, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/112/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 14 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 August 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialLarch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 8), Zillebeke, Belgium
Commemoration details]
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie SHARKEY
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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