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James Harold SHEEHAN

Regimental number6663
Place of birthCobowy South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressMurrayville, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lucy Sheehan, Murrayville, Victoria
Enlistment date8 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameLight Horse Brigade Train 4, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/102/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll8965
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row K, Grave No. 6), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Lucy SHEEHAN, 58 Osmond Street, Hindmarsh, South Australia. Native of Adelaide
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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