SHEPHERD, Richard Michael

SHEPHERD, Richard Michael – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWII
SERVICE NO : QX35944
RANK : Pritave
UNIT : 2/4th Battalion
ENLISTMENT DATE : 11/07/1942
AGE : 21
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Warwick, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Warwick, Queensland
RELIGION : Roman Catholic
PRE-WAR OCCUPATION : Butter Factory Labourer
DATE OF DEATH : 18/12/1944
PLACE OF BURIAL : Lae, Papua New Guinea

MEMORIALS : Warwick War Memorial, Warwick The Fallen 1939-1945, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

View this person’s Service File : SHEPHERD, Richard Michael

NOTES : Richard was killed in action by a Japanese sniper while leading his company as the forward scout in Papua New Guinea. His brother Joesph Edward Shepherd Q103105 was a member of the 25th Battalion.

At the time of his birth in Warwick on 16 January 1921, his parents Richard and Bridget Mary Ellen Shepherd owned and worked a farm at Yangan. The family later moved to a property they purchased in Wildash just south of Warwick.

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