John William Sheedy
First Name:
John
Middle Name:
William
Last Name:
Sheedy
Mother's Name:
Ellen Sheedy nee O'Rourke
Father's Name:
John Sheedy
Date Enlisted:
Monday, November 15, 1915
Rank at Enlistment:
Private
Rank at Discharge:
Private
Unit:
31st Battalion
Service:
Infantry
Awards:
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Date of Death:
Monday, January 27, 1964
Place of Death:
Wollongong, N.S.W.
Details:
John Sheedy (Service No 3046) was born in Captains Flat, N.S.W. in 1895.
At enlistment John was single, 20 years old, worked as a miner and lived in Corrimal, N.S.W. He embarked from Melbourne on HMAT A68 Anchises with 31st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement on 14th March 1916.
John arrived in France on 30th June 1916 and saw service on the Western Front.
On 13th March 1917 he was transferred to the Machine Gun Battalion and served as a machine gunner until 16th July 1917.
John was admitted to hospital with 'debility' and sent to England where he was diagnosed with tubercolosis and repatriated to Australia in November 1917.
He was discharged from the AIF, medically unfit, on 4th February 1918.
John died in Wollongong in 1964.
Sources:
NAA: B2455, SHEEDY JOHN WILLIAM
