SHACKLOCK L.J.

Given Names:  Leonard John

Service Number:  719

Unit:  8th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd reinforcements                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  7607

Age:  21 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  168 Lbs

Chest:  37-39 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Hazel

Complexion:  Ruddy

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/9/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Shacklock

46 Derby Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  12/2/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Armadale A26

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Euripides                                         

Embarked:  30/1/1918                               

Disembarked:  21/3/1918

Unit:  7th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  21/9/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  15968

British War Medal:  8878

Victory Medal:  8732

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria          

Father:  Charles Christopher SHACKLOCK                                   

Mother:  Theresa HAWKINS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Margaret Victoria ROBINSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 1960                                 

Place: Parkville, Victoria                          

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered Enteric Fever at Gallipoli, November 1915

Wounded in action 26/6/1917; gun shot wound, right hand and shoulder

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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