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Apr 13, 1893 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia Died on 20 Jul 1917 (aged 24)
Australian flying ace
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About Alfred Shepherd
- Alfred Seymour Shepherd, DSO, MC (13 April 1893 – 13 July 1917) was an Australian fighter ace of World War I.
- He was credited with ten aerial victories.
- A civil engineer by profession, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915, and served with infantry battalions in France.
- He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and was posted to No.
- 29 Squadron, operating Nieuport fighters.
- After barely two months at the front, during which his victories earned him the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order, he was shot down and killed by a German ace in July 1917.
- He was buried in France.
