Participant Info

Surname

Shepherd

First Name

Eric

Initial

J

Service Number

8381

Rank

lieutenant

Unit Served

2nd Division Field Artillery

Service Record

Egypt, France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

September 7

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

November 22

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, SA section I (or i), notes page 14, image page 13

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Charles R. and Ida E. Shepherd

Parental Address

Mount Gambier

Parental City

Parental State

SA

Notes

"born Hindmarsh, June 19, 1894, educated Adelaide High School and University, enlisted September 5, 1915, embarked November 22, 1915. War service: Egypt, France, Belgium (awarded Military Medal, M.M., Passchendaele, September 5, 1917, received commission