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Sydney Harold SHEPHERD

Regimental number2077
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBoilermaker's assistant
AddressWentworthville, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38.1
Height5' 11"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Florence May Shepherd, Wentworthville Avenue, Wentworthville, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date31 August 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameDecember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number11/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Karmala on 3 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd & 4th Regiment, Imperial Camel Corps
FateReturned to Australia 11 July 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date30 October 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Port Sydney', 11 July 1917; discharged (medically unfit: debility), Sydney, 30 October 1917.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death14 April 1929
Age at death51
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 9, 3906), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, SHEPHERD Sydney Harold

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