Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Sheedy L B Pte 4975 Leonard Balfour 14 Inf Bn 18 Packer Single R C
Address: Flemington, Mt Alexander Rd, 177
Next of Kin: Sheedy, J, father, 177 Mt Alexander Rd, Flemington
Enlisted: 7 Jul 1915
Embarked: A68 Anchises 14 Mar 1916
Prior service: 58B Senior Cadets and 58 Inf Citizen Forces
Private Sheedy's mother, Mary Sheedy, was a nurse operating a maternity hospital at 177 Mt Alexander Rd, Flemington, near the corner of Wellington St.
The site of Nurse Sheedy's maternity hospital at 177 Mount Alexander Road, just east of the Wellington Street corner. Courtesy of the State Library of Victoria Collection, MMBW plan number 848 & part 849, Borough of Flemington & Kensington, 1900.
Probably owing to his youth (in theory troops were not to be sent overseas until they were 19) Leonard spent some time in Australia training, firstly with the Army Medical Corps in Ascot Vale in 1915. In January 1916 he transferred to the Signalling School at Broadmeadows, and finally in March 1916 embarked for overseas service with the 15/14th Reinforcements. At Folkstone he was transferred to the Cyclists Training Battalion on 18 May, and subsequently to the 7 Inf Bn on 7 Sept 1916. Sheedy was wounded in action late in the war and returned to Australia for discharge.
War Service Commemorated
In Memoriam
SHEEDY - On May 27, at his
residence Lenbeth, Abbott street,
Sandringham, Leonard Balfour
Sheedy, beloved husband of Bessie,
loved son of Mary and the late
James Sheedy, and loved brother
of Norman and Doris (Mrs P.
Whybrow), late 7th Inf. Batt, 1st
A.I.F. -Requiescat in pace
Family Notices (1951, May 28). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), , p. 15. Retrieved July 1, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23077245
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