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John Robert SHERWOOD

Regimental number3757
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBaker
AddressSemaphore, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Janet Watson Sherwood, Military Road, Semaphore, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the military.
Enlistment date24 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 4 August 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialJeqancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Archibald and Janet SHERWOOD
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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