Soldier profiles
Name : SHEEN, GORDON ERNEST
Service Number : NX84060
Date of Birth : 13/12/1922
Place of Birth : SYDNEY, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : CLERK WAR RECORDS BRANCH (PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT)
Date of Enlistment : 15/01/1942
Locality on Enlistment : CANBERRA, ACT
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : SHEEN, HARRIETT
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : STAFF SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : INTELLIGENCE SECTION (NEW GUINEA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO?
Actions : LAE (NEW GUINEA), RAMU VALLEY (NEW GUINEA), TARAKAN? (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN? (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 15/07/1946
Date Died : 19/11/1992
Age at Death : 69
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : WODEN CEMETERY, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4638415 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Past article (size 287kB), Headstone [photo courtesy of J. Veal (son of VX38234 E. S. Veal)], Headstone [photo courtesy of J. Veal (son of VX38234 E. S. Veal)]
Background : Attended Canberra High School, A.C.T. Son of Harriett Sheen. Brother of Wing Commander Des F. B. Sheen (Spitfire squadron). Husband of Noela. Father of Robyn, Ray and Geoff.
