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Stanley Henderson SHERIDAN

Regimental number685
Place of birthGunning New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSelector
AddressLerida Station, Collector, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinFather, R H Sheridan, Lerida Station, Collector, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/10/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 21 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 June 1915
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
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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.'
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2143 Lance Corporal Ernest Ewing SHERIDAN, 35th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 December 1918; 961 Driver John Rawdon SHERIDAN, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 21 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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