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| image           = [[File:Shepherd_brothers.jpg|border|400px]]
| caption         = Shepherd brothers William front left ??<br>The Westralian Battalion, N Browning, page 209
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| dateofbirth	  = 28 Sep 1877
| placeofbirth	  = Subton, Surrey, England
| death	          = 25 Dec 1950
| placeofdeath	  = Maddington, Western Australia
| enlistmentage	  = 38 years, 6 months
| description	  = 5'8 ¾" (1.73m) tall; weight 141 lbs (64 kg); fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
| height          = 5'8 ¾" (1.73m)
| weight          = 141 lbs
| complexion      = fair
| eyes            = blue 
| hair            = brown 
| descriptionnote = 
| occupation	  = Brickmaker
| religion	  = Church of England
| address	  = Kelmscott, Western Australia
| relation	  = Wife
| nextofkin       = Mrs Edith Emma Shepherd
| regnumber	  = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8082231 2039]
| enlistmentdate  = 21 Mar 1916
| rank	          = Private
| unit     	  = 44th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements / 11th Brigade, 3rd Division
| embarkationdatefrom = 10 Oct 1916 
| embarkationdateto = 2 Dec 1916
| shipembarked	  = [[HMAT A23 Suffolk]]
| dateofreturnfrom = 1 Nov 1917 
| dateofreturnto  = 25 Dec 1917
| shipreturned    = [[HMAT A68 Anchises]]
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| fate1	          = Returned to Australia
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| monument1	  = [[Kelmscott War Memorial]] 
| monumentnote1   = (South panel)
| monument2	  = [[Gosnells Road Board Honour Roll]]
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| medal1	  = [[British War Medal]]
| medal2          = [[Victory Medal]]
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==Pre War==
Had 12 years with the Scots Guards prior to arriving in Australia.
Electoral Roll entries - 1916 - 1917 brickmaker at 2nd avenue, Kelmscott with Edith

==War Service==
Entered 56 Depot Company at Blackboy Hill on 21 Mar 1916, and was allocated to the 20th reinforcement draft for the 11th Battalion as a Temporary Corporal on 13 Apr 1916.  On 3 May he was sent to NCO's School, and on completion of the course he was allocated to the 21st draft.  However, on 7 Sep 1916 Bill was reallocated to the 3rd reinforcement draft for the 44th Battalion, travelling with them to England aboard [[HMAT A23 Suffolk]] and disembarking on 2 Dec 1916. 
 

On arrival in Plymouth, he entered the 3rd Division's Training Battalion as a Private, and proceeded to France on the [[HMT Invicta]] from Folkestone on 4 Feb 1917. Bill was taken on strength by the [[44th Battalion]] on 8 Feb 1917 as the battalion was coming out of the line near Armentiès for a rest. By 21 Apr Bill was ill enough to visit the [[9th Field Ambulance]] who on 30 Apr 1917 referred him on to the [[2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station]]. Placed on [[Ambulance Train]] No. 6 on 1 May 1917, he was admitted to the [[2nd Australian General Hospital]] in Wimereux on 3 May 1917 before being embarked the same day on [[HMHS St Patrick]] in Boulogne for England. 


Bill was admitted to the 1st London General Hospital in Camberwell suffering from bronchitis. Well enough to be granted furlough from 23 Jul to 6 Aug 1917 he then reported to No 3 Command Depot in [[Hurdcott]].  Reclassified, there was an attempt to get him well enough to return to France, but it was unsuccessful. By 1 Nov 1917 it was decided that his health would not improve enough for him to re-enter the fight, so he was sent home for early discharge. Medical discharge for chronic bronchitis occurred at the 5th Military District on 24 Jan 1918.

==Post War==
Electoral Roll entries - 1925 - 1950 bricklayer living in Yule street, Maddington.
Edith died on 8 Dec 1964 in Maddington. 

==Notes==
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==External Links==
*[https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=273082 AIF Project]
*[https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/117616 RSL Virtual War Memorial]

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[[Category:Returned to Australia]]
[[Category:Born England]]
[[Category:Church of England]]
[[Category:Brickmaker]]
[[Category:Armadale-Kelmscott]]
[[Category:Gosnells]]