Regimental number | 6942 |
Place of birth | Rushworth, Victoria |
School | Footscray State School, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Footscray, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Father, William Sheargold, 55 Stirling Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Unit name | 24th Battalion 19th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 22nd Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Vignacourt 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 connections | Brother: 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 |