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• Name SHEPHEARD
• Initials ME
• First name MERVYN EDGAR
• Place of birth Ulverstone
• Country Tasmania, Australia
• Last residence Ulverstone, Tasmania
• Family Son of Thomas Shepheard
• Profession Butcher

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 17 May 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
• Service number 1930
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 40th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 10th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 3rd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 8 August 1916, Hobart; to France 23 November 1916

Death

• Wounded 2 October
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds leg and perineum; N°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 3 October 1917
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - E - 6

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