SHARP D.O.
Given Names: David Oliver
Service Number: 1568/4485
Unit: 21st Battalion, 1st reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number:
Age: 18 Yrs 7 Mths
Occupation: Surveyor's Assistant
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Presbyterian
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 4¼ In
Weight: 157 Lbs
Chest: 33-35 In
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Light Brown
Complexion: Fair
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 10/4/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: MOTHER Mrs Ellen Louisa Sharp
42 Edgevale Road, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 28/6/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Berrima A35
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Commonwealth
Embarked: 21/1/1916
Disembarked:
Unit: 21st Battalion
Rank: Private
Discharge Date: 13/5/1918
Place:
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star:
British War Medal: Not awarded
Victory Medal: Not awarded
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1896
Place: Fremantle, Western Australia
Father: David Oliver SHARP
Mother: Ellen Louisa BLACKBURN
MARRIAGE
Year:
Place:
Spouse:
DEATH
Date or Year: 8/10/1976
Place: Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Burial: Springvale, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Returned to Australia with Enteric Fever contracted at Gallipoli. Was considered a deserter, and as such not eligible for war medals
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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COMMENTS