SHEPHEARD, Richard Wallwyn
| Service Number: | VX20978 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 November 1939, First joined Militia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingston on Thames, London, England, 30 November 1910 |
| Home Town: | Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Law Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 12 July 1942, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Plot A I, Row H Grave 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Nov 1939: | Enlisted VX20978, First joined Militia | |
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| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted VX20978, 5th Australian Infantry Training Battalion, Signal Corps | |
| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, VX20978, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Jul 1940: | Transferred 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Jul 1940: | Transferred 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Aug 1940: | Promoted Corporal, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Nov 1940: | Embarked VX20978, HMT Strathmore | |
| 18 Nov 1940: | Promoted Lance Sergeant | |
| 20 Jun 1941: | Promoted Sergeant | |
| 30 Dec 1941: | Honoured Military Medal, For extreme courage & coolness at Tobruk 30th April to 2nd May, 1941 | |
| 14 Mar 1942: | Promoted Lieutenant, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jul 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX20978, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Richard Wallwyn SHEPHEARD was born in Kingston on Thames, London, England on 30th November, 1910
His parents were Lewis Wallwyn SHEPHEARD and Alice Maude STAFFORD who married in Wandsworth, London in 1899
He had 2 years previous service in 1927 with the Citizens Forces .
He first joined the Militia on 30th November, 1939 and was transferred to the 2nd Field Battery Reserves on 1st May, 1940 - he enlisted on 17th June 1940 in Caulfield, Victoria with the Victorian Signal Corps and embarked on the HMT Strathmore on 16th November, 1940
Richard was mentioned in dispatches in 1941 and received a Military Medal on 30th December, 1941 for extreme courage and coolness at Tobruk from 30th April to 2nd May, 1941
He was Killed in Action in Egypt on 12th July, 1941 and is buried in El Alamein War Cemetery
Inscription on his headstone reads:
'DUTY NOBLY DONE"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in St Kilda, Victoria
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