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Personal data

• Name SHEPHERD
• Initials VP
• First name VICTOR PURNELL
• Place of birth Gunnedah
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence South Ashfield, New South Wales
• Family Son of William Frederick and Sarah Jane Shepherd, of 66, MacArthur Parade, Dulwich Hill, New South Wales
• Profession Clerk

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 13 March 1916, RAS Grounds, New South Wales
• Service number 6320
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 1st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 9 September 1916, Sydney; to France 4 February 1917

Death

• Wounded 21 September
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds fractured skull; N°17 CCS
• Date of death 21 September 1917
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - F - 7A

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