Regimental number | 62348 |
Place of birth | Norwood, South Australia |
School | Rose Park and Pulteney Street Public Schools and A.S. & B.T. Commercial College, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Draftsman |
Address | Rose Park, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, F Shepley, 82 Hewitt Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia |
Previous military service | 28th Signal Company Army Engineers; Served in the Cadets and the 28th Engineers, Citizen Military Forces, S.A. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th South Australian Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Graves Registration Detachment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Served on the War Graves Detachment for 27th Battalion and died of pneumonia at 4th Stationary Hospital, France, on 26 July 1919. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | St. Pierre Cemetery (Plot XVI, Row A, Grave No. 2), Amiens, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 185 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frank and Annie SHEPLEY, 82 Hewitt Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2058 Pte Reginald Brushfield SHEPLEY, 10th Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 20 August 1916; Cousin:.1089 Corporal Thomas Alan SHEPLEY, 16th Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915. |