| Regimental number | 3515 |
| Place of birth | Bishopsbourne, Tasmania |
| School | State School, Tasmania |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Address | West Meander via Deloraine, Tasmania |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Next of kin | Father, S Shepherd, West Meander via Deloraine, Tasmania |
| Previous military service | Nil. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 12th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 51st Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Left Tasmania, November 1915 for active service. Served with 52nd Battalion in Egypt and France. Joined 51st Battalion when 52nd Battalion disbanded." [Father: Samuel Shephard of Deloraine, Tasmania.] Frank Shephard died of pleurisy at the 53rd General Hospital, Buologne, France on 29 August 1918 and was buried at Terlingthun. |
| Fate | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll |
| Place of death or wounding | Buologne, France |
| Age at death | 22.11 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Terlincthun British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 18), Wimille, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 154 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Samuel and Anne SHEPHARD, Meander, Tasmania |
| Family/military connections | Brother-in-law: Angus Dornauf, who was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium. (Also possibly Brother: Charles M. Shephard of Perth, Tasmania, who probably survived the war.) |