Participant Info

Surname

Sheldon

First Name

Rupert

Initial

F

Service Number

2833

Rank

private

Unit Served

55th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

August 3

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

November 2

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 14, image page 15

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Elizabeth and Arthur Fairfax Sheldon

Parental Address

72 Sydenham Road, Marrickville

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Leichhardt, November 13, 1896, educated Marrickville Public School, packer, enlisted August 3, 1915, embarked November 2, 1915. War service: Egypt, France (wounded, Bullecourt, May 1917), returned to duty, August 22, 1917, (Fleurbaix, Lagnicourt,