Walter Claude SHELDON

Regimental number2163
Place of birthMorgan South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressFrewville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Eveline Sheldon, Gladstone Street, Frewville, South Australia
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollComissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).

FateDied of wounds 4 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block S, Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 6), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
147
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah SHELDON, 15 Gladstone Street, Fullarton Estate, Frewville, South Australia. Native of Morgan, South Australia
Other detailsMedals: British War Medal, Victory Medal