Regimental number | 685 |
Place of birth | Gunning New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Selector |
Address | Lerida Station, Collector, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Father, R H Sheridan, Lerida Station, Collector, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/10/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Shell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 22), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
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 connections | Brothers: 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 |