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Jun 14, 1890
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Born in England
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Nov 11, 1917
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Shown on the payroll of the 1st Depot
Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment
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Nov 30, 1917
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Forfeited 17 days pay for an unrecorded offence
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Feb 23, 1918
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Medical exam for the MSA (Military Service Act)
of 1917 held at Ottawa, Ontario
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Feb 26, 1918
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Conscripted into the 2nd Depot
Battalion, EOR (Eastern Ontario Regiment) under the MSA in Ottawa, Ontario
Ø Number 4025066
Ø Next of kin given as William
Sheppard, brother, Broad St., Ottawa, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø No previous miliary experience
given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
Ø Posted to the 2nd
Regimental Draft
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Mar 24, 1918
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Embarked the SS Grampian in Halifax, Nova Scotia
as part of the 2nd Regimental Draft of the 2nd Depot Battalion, EOR
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Apr 3, 1918
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to Seaford where the draft was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion to
continue training
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Aug 17, 1918
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Aug 18, 1918
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Arrived at the CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot)
in Etaples, France and Taken On Strength of the 21st Battalion
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Aug 23, 1918
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After leaving the base depot, he joined the CCRC
(Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp) in Aubin St. Vaast, France
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Aug 28, 1918
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After leaving the reinforcement camp, Private
Sheppard joined the 21st Battalion on the south side of the Arras
– Cambrai Road, south east of Vis en Artois, France and was posted to “B” Company
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Sep 14, 1918
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While out on a work party near Buissy, France,
Private Sheppard received wound to his left arm and was evacuated to the No.
9 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) for first aid. He was then transported to the No. 33 CCS
(Casualty Clearing Station)
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Sep 15, 1918
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Transferred via the No. 23 AT (Ambulance Train)
and admitted to the No. 53 General Hospital in Boulogne, France
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Sep 19, 1918
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Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Pieter
de Coninck
On arrival in England, he was admitted to the Barnet
War Hospital in High Barnet, London
Transferred to the EORD (Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital
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Oct 15, 1918
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Transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital
in Woodcote Park, Epsom
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Oct 30, 1918
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Discharged from hospital and attached to Kinmel
Park, Rhyl pending return to Canada
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Nov 22, 1918
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Attached to the 1st CCD (Canadian
Command Depot) in Witley
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Dec 1, 1918
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Declared to be AWL (Absent Without Leave)
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Dec 26, 1918
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Declared to be a Deserter and Struck Off Strength
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Oct 1, 1919
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Arrested and taken into custody. Taken On Strength of the Eastern Ontario
Regimental Depot in London
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Oct 8, 1919
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Transferred to CDD (Canadian Discharge Depot) in
Buxton
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Oct 9, 1919
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Sentenced to 26 days Detention for:
1.
Absent
Without Leave from December 1, 1918 until December 1, 1918
2.
Losing
by neglect an article of military clothing, 1 Cardigan Waistcoat.
Forfeited a total of 313 days pay for his absence
Placed in detention in the Wandsworth Detention
Barracks in London
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Oct 22, 1919
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Released from the Wandsworth Detention Barracks
when the remainder of his sentence was remitted.
Embarked the SS Royal George in Southampton
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Nov 1, 1919
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Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Taken On
Strength of the Halifax Depot Clearing Services Command
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Nov 4, 1919
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Discharged from the CEF in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ø Rank on discharge Private
Ø War Service Badge Class “A” issued number 403661
Ø Proposed residence on discharge 56 Ottawa St., Ottawa, Ontario
Following his discharge, the British War Medal and Victory
Medals were sent to him at 56 Ottawa St., Ottawa, Ontario
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May 18, 1962
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Frederick Sheppard died while a patient of the
National Defence Medical Center in Ottawa, Ontario and was buried in the
Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa
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