Ernest Francis SHEARGOLD

Regimental number6942
Place of birthRushworth, Victoria
SchoolFootscray State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressFootscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, William Sheargold, 55 Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date7 February 1917
Unit name24th Battalion 19th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Anderson Sheargold and Mary Jane SHEARGOLD, 55 Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 66149 Frederick George SHEARGOLD, NZEF; Uncle: 1782 Pte Ernest LAPEYRE, 1st Bn, Imperial Camel Corps, died of wounds, 29 April 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal