"Too far away thy grave to see, but not too far to think of thee"
SHALLBERG, John Reginald
Service No 357 Lieutenant 8th Battalion
Born Shepparton, Vic. Son of John Henry SHALLBERG Of Streatham, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Clerk Enlisted 25 August 1914 Died of wounds 18 August 1915 Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
SHANKS, Charles John
Service no 379 Private 14th Battalion
Son of Jane SHANKS Of 312 Hope Street, Brunswick, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Maltster Enlisted 22 October 1914 Served in Egypt and Gallipoli Returned to Australia 10 June 1916
SHARP, Clarence Roy
Service no 2211 Private 14th Battalion
Born Colac, Vic. Husband of Eliza SHARP Of Mansfield Street, Colac, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 19 January 1915 Served at Gallipoli Killed in action 25 August 1915 Aged 21 years Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
Weekly Times Sat 6 Nov 1915 page 25
SHAW, Charles
Service no 1184 Lance Corporal 7th Battalion
Son of R SHAW Of Bung Bong, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Engine Driver Enlisted 12 September 1914 Served in Egypt and Gallipoli Died of wounds received at Gallipoli 23 August 1915 Buried at sea Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
Australasian Saturday 02 October 1915 page 30
SHAW, Charles Edward
Service No: 2617 ER/Corporal 4th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Echuca, Victoria Wife: Ethel Milne SHAW Of 2 Leveson St, North Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 1 December 1916 Embarkation: 20 February 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Morea’ Age: 24 years Served in the Middle East Returned to Australia: 11 June 1919 per ‘Dorset’ Discharged: 11 July 1919 Mentioned in Despatches
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
SHAW, Charles Gordon
Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Field Ambulance
Born 09 January 1885 Son of George SHAW Of 416 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Surgeon Resided 108 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, Vic. Enlisted 20 August 1914 Awarded Distinguished Service Order Returned to Australia 19 April 1919 per 'Marathon'
Victoria's First Expeditionary Force to the Motherland page 10
SHAW, James Stanley
Service No 11902 Lieutenant 5th Mechanical Transport Company
Son of A SHAW Of 'Cardross' Beresford Street, Caulfield, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 26 February 1916 Returned to Australia 26 July 1919
SHAW, Jesse
Service No 89 Private 13th Battalion
Born London, England Son of Thomas SHAW Of 50 St. Donatt's Road, New Cross London, England Occupation prior to enlistment Contractor Enlisted 04 September 19147 Embarked from Melbourne 22 December 1914 Died of wounds at sea 03 May 1915 Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
SHAW, Neil
Service No 5752 Private 7th Battalion
Born Coleraine, Vic. Husband of M A SHAW Of Coleraine, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 18 February 1916 Returned to Australia 12 May 1919
SHAW, Thomas Benjamin
Service no 3609 Private 14th Battalion
Born Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic. Son of Joseph and Sarah SHAW Of 19 Northumberland Street, Collingwood, Melbourne, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Brass Finisher Enlisted 22 July 1915 Embarked 05 January 1916 from Melbourne per 'Afric' Served in Egypt and on the Western Front Killed in action 03 July 1916 in the trenches south east of Bois-Grenier, near Armentieres, France Aged 23 years Buried Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France
Enlisted Warragul 31 December 1914. Embarked Melbourne per HMAT A70 Ballarat on 9 September 1915. Serrvice – Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front. Taken on strength 2 Cycle Corps 20 March 1916; 1 ANZAC Cyclist 19 July 1916; and 2 Division Ammunition Column 19 February 1918. Returned to Australia per Warwickshire on 29 May 1919. Discharged on 20 July 1919. Age 19 years 1 month, Farmer, single, Roman Catholic. He was 5'6⅞" and weighed 136 pounds with a florid complexion, grey eyes and black hair. Born at St Arnaud. Son of Jack Sheales, Buln Buln. Awarded the 1914-1915 Star, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal. On the Buln Buln, and Warragul Shire Honour Boards.
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SHEARSMITH, Ernest Lloyd
Service number 913 Private 8th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
Born in South Lincolnshire, England Son of Henry and Elizabeth SHEARSMITH, of 4 Gray's Road, Louth, England Occupation prior to enlistment Groom Enlistment date 22 December 1914 Served in Gallipoli Killed in Action 7 August 1915 Aged 25 No known grave Commemorated at The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 8), Gallipoli, Turkey
Australasian Saturday 09 October 1915 page 32
SHEE, Herbert Davis
Service No: 12399 ER/ Sergeant 10th Field Ambulance
Born: Liverpool, England Wife: Cora SHEE Of Buchan, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 4 March 1916 Embarkation: 20 June 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Runic’ Age: 32 years Served in France & England Returned to Australia: 18 July 1919 per ‘Rio Pardo’ Discharged: 4 September 1919
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
SHEEDY, Thomas Joseph
Service No 2857 Lieutenant 9th Battalion
Born Richmond, Vic. Son of John Henry SHEEDY Of Mentone, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 04 August 1915 Returned to Australia 11 May 1919
Winner, Wednesday 01 November 1916 page 8
SHEEHAN, Thomas Joseph
Service no 6849 Private 6th Battalion
Born Mansfield, Vic. Son of T SHEEHAN of Mansfield, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 29 August 1916 Killed in action 10 August 1918 Aged 26 years Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Mansfield's Souvenir of the War 1914 - 1919
SHELLARD, Bruce
Service No: 68860 Private 15th Victorian General Reinforcements
Born: 27 July 1898 at St Kilda, Victoria Father: Richmond Wall SHELLARD Of Oxford St, Daylesford Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Student Teacher Enlisted: 14 June 1918 Embarkation: 22 October 1918 from Adelaide per ‘Boonah’ Discharged: 1 February 1919
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
SHELTON, Frederick Lawrence
Service No: 387 Private 14th Battalion
Born: Eagle Hawk, Victoria Father: Elijah SHELDON NOK listed as Sister: Caroline SHELTON Of Bendigo, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Farm Hand Enlisted: 10 September 1914 Embarkation: 22 December 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Ulysses’ Age: 19 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed in Action: 30 April 1915 Courtney’s & Steels Post Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Special Memorial 53
Australasian Saturday 12 June 1915 page 57
SHELTON, Leonard Frank
Service no 1555 Lance Sergeant 57th Battalion
Born 1895 at Kangaroo Flat, Vic. Son of Henry Alfred and Annie Jane SHELTON Of Kangaroo Flat, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Butcher Enlisted 19 March 1915 at Broadmeadows, Vic. Served in Belgium Killed in action 26 September 1917 at Polygon Wood near Ypres, Belgium Commemorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
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SHEPHERD, Phillip Edwin Bartlett
Service No 582 Corporal 24th Battalion
Born Taree, NSW Son f Phillip Edward and Edith SHEPHERD Of 92 Athol Street, Moonee Ponds, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 24 march 1915 Killed in action 29 November 1915 at Gallipoli Aged 18 years Buried Lone Pine Cemetery I A 10
SHEPPARD, Sherbourne Haliburton
Service No: 539, 248 Sapper 5th Battalion, 2nd Field Coy Engineers
Born: Limerick, Ireland Father: Haliburton SHEPPARD Of 331 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Stock & Share Broker Enlisted: 17 August 1914 Embarkation: 21 October 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Orvieto’ Age: 30 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed in Action: 10 July 1915 Buried: Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Weekly Times 7 August 1915 page 28
SHERIDAN, Thomas Francis
Captain 29th Battalion
Born 22 May 1880 at Carisbrook, Vic. Son of Nicholas SHERIDAN and Bridget nee McGRATH Husband of Teresa Emma SHERIDAN Of 34 Greville Street, Prahan, Vic. Serve din Egypt and Western Front Killed in action 20 July 1916 in France Buried Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery
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SHERREN, Phillip Cyril
Service No: 76 Private 8th Battalion
Born: Geelong, Victoria Father: Phillip SHERREN Of Rosedale, Gippsland, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: 17 August 1914 Embarkation: 19 October 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Benalla’ Age: 23 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Wounded in Action on 2 occasions: 25/4/1915 & 28/6/1915 Returned to Australia: 22 April 1916 per ‘Suevic’ Discharged: 17 June 1916
Weekly Times 7 August 1915 page 28
SHERWEN, Edgar
Lieutenant 5th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: 3 March 1895 at Kaniva, Victoria Mother: Elleanor SHERWEN Of Kaniva, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 6 March 1916 Embarkation: 11 May 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Shropshire’ Age: 21 years Served in France Returned to Australia: 30 April 1919 per ‘Kashmir’ Appointment Terminated: 30 May 1919
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
SHIELLS, Leslie John
Service No: 954 Private 15th Battalion
Born: Fish Creek, Victoria Son of Thomas & Isabella SHIELLS NOK listed as Sister: Mrs. Elsie May SPARKES Of South Gippsland, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Butcher Enlisted: 12 October 1914 Embarkation: 22 December 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Ceramic’ Age: 20 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Died of Wounds: 18 August 1915 Buried: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row B, Grave 243
Australasian 26 June 1915 page 61
SHILLINGLAW, Edward James
Service No: V78579 Private Depot
Born: 26 May 1898 at Drouin, Victoria Father: Thomas Edward SHILLINGLAW Of Drouin, Gippsland, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 2 September 1918 Age: 20 years Discharged prior to embarkation: 24 December 1918
Courtesy of Ron Blair Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
SHILLINGLAW, Norman James
Service no 10473 Gunner 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Son of W SHILLINGLAW Of 113 Napier Street, South Melbourne, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Carpenter Enlisted 01 September 1915 Awarded Military Medal Returned to Australia 10 April 1919
SHORT, Philip McMillan
Service No: 14616 Driver 28th AASC
Born: Grahams Hill, Victoria Mother: Ellen SHORT Of 3 Grant St, Clifton Hill, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 28 October 1916 Embarkation: 4 August 1917 per ‘Themistocles’ Served in France, Belgium & England Returned to Australia: August 1919 per ‘Wiltshire’ Discharged: 18 September 1919
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919