ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

SHELDON, Norman Edwin

SHELDON, Norman Edwin

Full Name: Norman Edwin

SHELDON

Date of Birth: 12

–

1896

Place of birth: Rangeworthy

England

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Cookernup WA

Next of Kin: Father-John Henry Sheldon, Mother-Hetty E Sheldon

Next of Kin Address: Cookernup WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 8022

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1917-05-08

Enlistment Location: Bunbury

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1917-11-24

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1917-12-21

Locations Served:

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Died of Disease

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Isolation Hospital, Sutton Veny, Salisbury, England

Age at Death: 21

Burial Location: Maidenhead Cemetery England Consecrated Ground Section A Grave 5Y

5/06/1917-To 28th Battalion 21st Reinforcements
25/06/1917-To Machine Gun School
18/10/1917-To 16th Battalion 27th Reinforcements
30/01/1918-Disembarked Southampton ex Taranto Italy ex Port Said
31/01/1918-To 13th Training Battalion England ex Australia
14/03/1918-Admitted 3rd NZ General Hospital Codford England ( Measles/Scabies )
26/03/1918-Transferred Salisbury Isolation Hospital England
31/03/18-DIED OF DISEASE-(Scarlet Fever)-Isolation Hospital Salisbury Sutton Veny England
4/04/1918-Buried Maidenhead Cemetery England ( Details below )

 

Service Medals Awarded

British War Medal – No. 59312

Commemorative Plaque/Scroll – No. 341715

 

Memorial Inscription

Australian War Memorial Canberra – Panel No. 81.