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Victor Ernest SHEPHERD

Regimental number588
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
Place of birthVictoria, Australia
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressPenguin, Tasmania
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Barr Shepherd, Penguin, Tasmania
Enlistment date3 April 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
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Date of death2 January 1917
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 7), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Louis and Helen SHEPHERD, Penguin, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: No.5229 Lewis N. Shepherd, 52nd Battalion, who died of wounds at Pozieres, France on 8th August 1916.

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