Robert
Alfred
Sheldrick
Born in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Elsie May (Sheldrick) Lukey, Linda Muriel Sheldrick, Edith Florence (Sheldrick) Surtees, Archibald James Sheldrick, Charlotte Lillian (Sheldrick) Moore, John William Sheldrick, Dorothy Eileen (Sheldrick) McClounan, Albert Edward Sheldrick, Arthur Gordon Sheldrick and Eunice Isabel (Sheldrick) Einsiedel
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 20
in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Mar 2019
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Biography
Robert Sheldrick was killed in action at Belgium during The Great War.
Robert Alfred Sheldrick was born in 1897, son of John Sheldrick and Charlotte Downie.[1]
Robert Alfred Sheldrick, aged 18, Grocer from 166 The Parade, Ascot Vale, Victoria, enlisted with the A.I.F. on 1 March 1916, he was a Private with the 38th Battalion, B Company, Regimental number 666
Height 5' 4.5"; Weight 105 lbs; Next of kin - Mother, Mrs C Sheldrick, 166 The Parade, Ascot Vale, Victoria; Previous military service - Served for 4 years in the Senior Cadets; 6 months in the Citizen Military Forces.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916. disembarked Plymouth, England, 10 August 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 22 November 1916.
to 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 2 March 1917 (influenza); to Divisional rest Station, 4 March 1917; discharged to duty, 8 March 1917; rejoined unit, 11 March 1917. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 20 June 1917; Corporal, 20 June 1917.
Reported missing in action, 13 October 1917 in Ypres, subsequently confirmed killed in action. Commemoration at the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial - 130
Sources
- ↑ Birth record: 22783 / 1897. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
(Name: Robt Alf SHELDRICK); (Place: SOUTH YARRA); (Mother: Charl Robinson DOWNIE); (Father: Jno Wood)
- Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
- Robert Alfred Sheldrick as part of the Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree Project
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