A prisoner of the Japanese,(Changi) he worked on the Burma Railway

Service Record
Name     SHEPHERD, ERIC CHARLES
Service     Australian Army
Service Number     VX41690
Date of Birth     28 Jan 1904
Place of Birth     GERALDTON, WA
Date of Enlistment     10 Jul 1940
Locality on Enlistment     CAULFIELD, VIC
Place of Enlistment     CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin     SHEPHERD, FRED
Date of Discharge     7 Dec 1945
Rank     Private
Posting at Discharge     2/40 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
WW2 Honours and Gallantry     None for display
Prisoner of War     Yes