Private Gordon Sheppard
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1890-10-02
Place of birth: Montague Halifax County Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Edward Sheppard (father), Montague, Ontario, Canada
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Carpenter
Occupation (normalized): Carpenter, General
Address:
North Gower, Ontario, Canada
Date of death:
1918-08-26
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, IV. B. 9.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 639295
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Monchy
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 250643
LAC ID:
225857
Service file: B8847-S010
Uploader's Notes: Son of Edward and Hester Ann Sheppard, of Kars, Ontario, Canada. Born at North Gower. Original overseas unit 156th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field March 5, 1918.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20