Mervyn Percy Shepherd ²

  General Notes:

Address noted from the funeral notice for his father, Charles Shepherd:
23 Ballarat Rd, Maidstone.
WW1 record - 10.12.14 to 31.8.15, 5th or 6th Battalion (blurred record from Australian War Memorial web site).
Address noted from his AIF enlistment form:
118 Hanson St Yarraville, Vic.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Whereabouts: 10 Dec 1914, Yarraville, Vic, Australia. ³ 118 Hanson St, Address stated on enlistment

• Occupation: 10 Dec 1914, Yarraville, Vic, Australia. ³ Occupation stated on enlistment: Pattern Maker

• AIF enlistment: 10 Dec 1914, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. ⁴ 6th Battalion

• Embarked for active service: 19 Feb 1915, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. ⁵

• Joined unit Gallipoli: 7 Jul 1915, Gallipoli,Turkey. ⁵

• Wounded in action: 11 May 1915, Gallipoli,Turkey. ⁵ Wounded in action, transferred to Egypt. Injury to left eye.

• Discharged from hospital: 11 Jul 1915, Egypt. ⁵

• Embarked for RTA: 31 Aug 1915, Egypt. ⁵

• AWL: 20 Mar 1916, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. ⁵

• Whereabouts: 30 Sep 1933, Maidstone, Vic, Australia. ⁶ 23 Ballarat Rd Maidstone

Mervyn married Ellen Isabel Lowery, daughter of Robert Lowery and Isabel Gamble, in 1908 in Victoria, Australia.¹ (Ellen Isabel Lowery was born circa 1886 in South Melbourne, Vic, Australia ^{1 7}, died on 6 Mar 1950 in West Footscray, Vic, Australia ^{7 8} and was buried on 8 Mar 1950 in Footscray Cemetery, Vic, Australia ⁹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Vic BDM 1908/1690.