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Herbert James SHEPHERD

Regimental number3570
Place of birthHamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
SchoolKurri Kurri Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressRawson Street, Hamilton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, A Shepherd, c/o Mrs Dick, Lawson Street, Hamilton, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death21.10
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAubigny British Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 22), (Somme) France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Susan SHEPHERD, 19 Lawson Street, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales

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