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John Frederick SHEPHERD

Regimental number2294
Place of birthHolbeton, Plymouth, England
SchoolSalisbury Road, Plymouth, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Louisa Shepherd, 100 Salisbury Road, Plymouth, England
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date5 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameAustralian Reserve Park 1, Company 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"My son worked on the farm all the time before enlisting. He was a good boy in his bringing up. He belonged to the Church Sunday School. He was also a choir boy at St. Simon's Salisbury Road, Plymouth, but the minister at that church has gone away or I could have referred you to him. He had a very intimate chum in the A.I.F that you could refer to." [Mother: Louisa Shepherd of Plymouth, England.] RoHC lists full name as Frederick Brooking Shepherd.
FateEffective abroad (still overseas)
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death25 August 1918
Age at death23.11
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 39), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
181

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