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James McGregor SHEPLEY

Regimental number2777
Place of birthSt Peters, South Australia
SchoolNorwood Public School and A.S. & B.T. Academy, S.A.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressBaliol Street, College Park, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amy Louisa Shepley, Baliol Street, College Park, South Australia
Previous military service34th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal RollDivisional Ammunition Column
FateKilled in Action 11 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot X, Row D, Grave No. 7), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Enoch and Amy SHEPLEY, Baliol Street, College Park, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: 1785 Pte Stanley Shepley COOMBS, 43rd Bn, killed in action, 28 May 1918; 2314 Pte Kennion COOMBS, 48th Bn, killed in action, 11 April 1917.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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