Regimental number | 589 |
Place of birth | Mount Clarendon, Queensland |
School | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | School teacher |
Address | Dawn, South Street, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Miss F B Shepperd, South Street, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 26th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Work at Broodseinde Ridge on 4 October 1917 Recommendation date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Wounded at Gallipoli and in France; won his Military Medal at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium. Was killed in action on 3 July 1918'. Details from Annie Mary Shepperd, mother |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Age at death | 25.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 14), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 109 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Samuel George and Annie Mary Shepperd of "Dawn", South Street, Toowoomba, Queensland. Native of Mount Clarendon, Drayton, Queensland |
Medals |
Military Medal Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76 Date: |