Regimental number | 2010 |
Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bricklayer |
Address | 96 Creswick Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Sheppard, 96 Creswick Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 18 January 1915 and was promoted to Corporal on 16 March 1915. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 26 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row AA, Grave No. 5), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 54 |
Family/military connections | (Probably) Brother: No.534 George Henry Sheppard, 7th Battalion, who was killed in action on 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli. |