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Cyril Solomon SHAPPERE

Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolFort Street High School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionJewish
OccupationMerchant
AddressBlayney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, A J Shappere, Blayney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name3rd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row K, Grave No. 68), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Asher and Annetta SHAPPERE, 10 Cliff Street, Manly, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins: Lt Hubert Solomon AFC, killed in action; Sgt Clifford S. Richards, killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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