Regimental number | 2146 |
Place of birth | Collector, New South Wales |
School | Collector Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Orchardist |
Address | Collector, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Sheridan, Collector, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 35th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/52/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 35th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 22.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row C, Grave No. 2), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 126 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on St Edmund's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Gunning, New South Wales: 'In memory of the men of this Parish who made the supreme sacrifice of their life in the fight for Truth and Freedom.' Commemorated in Collector Anglican Cemetery, New South Wales. Photo: Peter Dennis. Parents: William John (d. 4 July 1913, aged 59, bu. Collector Anglican Cemetery) and Elizabeth SHERIDAN (d. 19 July 1929, aged 72, bu. Collector Anglican Cemetery) |
Family/military connections | 703 Harrie Roy SHERIDAN, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, is said to have had four cousins from Collector. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |