SCHARP E.B.

Given Names:  Eric Bernard

Service Number:  2291

Unit:  2nd Field Company Engineers, 11th reinforcements                                                 

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  18 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Draftsman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  136 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Louis Bernard Scharp

25 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1915

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Beltana A72

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Leicestershire                                  

Embarked:  3/5/1919                                 

Disembarked:  21/6/1919

Unit:  Army Motor Transport Service                                                                                              

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:  30/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  5107

British War Medal:  26461

Victory Medal:  26327

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/2/1897

Place:  Carlton North, Victoria                  

Father:  Lewis Bernard SCHARP              

Mother:  Blanche Phillippa DE LA FONTAINE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Zay Tayer BROOKS

DEATH

Date or Year: 22/4/1975                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew Presbyterian Church

Kew War Memorial

East Kew State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX13588 / V4820                                                  

Date Enlisted:  10/6/1940 / 2/8/1940                                                      

Date Discharged:  31/7/1940 / 28/11/1943

COMMENTS

2nd marriage in 1940 to Elsie May HABNER