Portrait of QX5139 (later 11189) Corporal (Cpl), John Thomas Sheppard of Deagon, Qld. Cpl ...

Accession Number P06207.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Photo Allenby
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine
Date made c 1941
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of QX5139 (later 11189) Corporal (Cpl), John Thomas Sheppard of Deagon, Qld. Cpl Sheppard served with the 2/15 Battalion during the Second World War, and was awarded the Military Medal in February 1943. He later served with 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) in Korea, and was killed in action at Chuam-ni on the 15 February 1951.