Alfred Shepherd
Australian flying ace
Died when: 24 years 98 days (291 months)Star Sign: Aries
Alfred Seymour Shepherd, DSO, MC (13 April 1893 – 13 July 1917) was an Australian fighter ace of the First World War.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.
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