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Soldier profiles
Name : SHERMAN, PATRICK LINCOLN
Service Number : VX16830
Date of Birth : 26/11/1919
Place of Birth : SOUTH MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as : PAT
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 23/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : EAST MALVERN, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : SHERMAN, JOHN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : A COMPANY (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 01/11/1942
Date Died : 06/04/1989
Age at Death : 69
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
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) : YES
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : UNKNOWN
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : YES
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6216918 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, 2/2 Pioneers Newsletter 09/1989 p10
Background : NO
