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Mervyn Edgar SHEPHEARD

Regimental number1930
Place of birthUlverstone Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressUlverstone, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Thomas Shepheard, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Enlistment date17 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 October 1917
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row E, Grave No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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