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Thomas Alan SHEPLEY

Regimental number1089
Place of birthGlanville, South Australia
SchoolAdelaide High School, Prince Alfred and Minden Colleges, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 8.5"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinFather, Harry Shepley, Ophir Street, Goodwood, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Senior Cadets; 15 months as a Sergeant and Colour Sergeant in the 78th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date28 September 1914
Place of enlistmentMorphettville, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name16th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Troopship A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'Among his fellow clerks, he founded a book club which is perpetuated under his name.' [Father: A. Shepley of Goodwood Park, South Australia]
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBeach Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave 24), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St George the Martyr's Anglican Church, Goodwood, Adelaide, South Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the Glory of God. In Honour of Our Lady, Blessed Michael the Archangel, Blessed George the Martyr & of all the Blessed Saints. To the dear Memory of all those who went forth from this Altar, where they offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ, to give their lives in the Great War. This Screen is Blessed on Anzac Day 25 April 1922 being the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist.' Commemorated on Goodwood Public School Roll of Honor. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: Harry and Alice SHEPLEY, 8 Ophir Street, Goodwood Park, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousins: 62348 Pte Clarence Brushfield SHEPLEY, War Graves Detachment, 27th Bn, died of pneumonia, 4th Stationary Hospital, France, 26 July 1919; 2058 Pte Reginald Brushfield SHEPLEY, 10th Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 20 August 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Killed in action, 2 May 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SHEPLEY Thomas Alan

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