SHERWOOD A.A.

SHERWOOD A.A.

Given Names: Albert Arkwell

Service Number: 4593

Unit: 5th Battalion, 14th reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number: 59321

Age: 24 Yrs

Occupation: Gardener

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 3½ In

Weight: 147 Lbs

Chest: 34-36 In

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Complexion: Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 16/10/1915

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: FATHER Alfred Davis Sherwood

Barnsbury Road, Balwyn, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 28/12/1916

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Thermistocles A32

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Ormonde

Embarked: 15/11/1919

Disembarked: 26/12/1919

Unit: 59th Battalion

Rank: Private

Discharge Date: 25/2/1920

Place:

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: Not earned

British War Medal: 33357

Victory Medal: 33114

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 1891

Place: Kew, Victoria

Father: Alfred Davis SHERWOOD

Mother: Alice ARKWELL

MARRIAGE

Year: 1919

Place: Cockermouth, England

Spouse: Evelyn Grace JUST

DEATH

Date or Year: 19/12/1977

Place: Mornington, Victoria

Burial: Mornington Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 19/7/1916; gun shot wound, right wrist

Suffered chronic debility from April 1917