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Harry Heaslip SHERIDAN

Regimental number960
Place of birthCollector, New South Wales
SchoolCollector Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLurida via Collector, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, J T Sheridan, Lurida via Collector, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on 22 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll960A
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of illness on 29 April 1914.
FateDied of disease 29 April 1917
Place of death or woundingWimereux, France
Date of death29 April 1917
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on St Edmund's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Gunning, New South Wales: 'In memory of the men of this Parish who made the supreme sacrifice of their life in the fight for Truth and Freedom.' Parents: John and Emma SHERIDAN, Collector, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1972 Pte Fred Parker SHERIDAN, 55th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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