Regimental number | 602 |
Place of birth | Terang, Victoira |
School | Private |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Station hand |
Address | Hamilton, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, John Thomas Sharrock, C/o Mr Napier, Hamilton, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 39th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/56/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 39th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 22.8 |
Place of burial | Messines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 19), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 131 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Janet SHARROCK, "Fernleigh", Hamilton, Victoria. Native of Penshurst, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |