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Edward Charles SHERRIN

Regimental number926
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolZeehan State School, Tasmania
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address1 Fincham Street, Zeehan, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Frank Sherrin, 1 Fincham Street, Zeehan, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in the Militia.
Enlistment date14 March 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
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 May 1917
Place of death or woundingnear Armentieres, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 13), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Sarah SHERRIN, 1 Fincham Street, Zeehan, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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