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Mark SHEARING

Regimental number735
Place of birthDysart, Tasmania
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressDysart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, William Shearing, Dysart, Tasmania
Enlistment date13 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 November 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death22.7
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 50), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Margaret SHEARING, Dysart, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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