WW1 The Sherwin Boys of Cargo NSW.

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser NSW

20 May 1916

Corpl. Sherwin is 27 years of age, and was accountant at the Wentworth A.B.C. Bank prior to his enlistment. He sailed for Egypt in January last, and was encamped at Heliopolis A letter received by his parents recently states that he had been in the firing line for ten days—where he does not say—and had had to return to Egypt owing to illness. A subsequent letter from Victoria Barracks stated that he was in the 3rd Australian Hospital, suffering from abdominal hernia He was operated upon for appendicitis three years ago, and had not been strong since. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin were officially informed on Monday that the Corporal was being invalided home, embarking on the 10th.

Trooper Frank Sherwin is 23 years of age, and was a member of the Yass A.B.C. Bank when he enlisted, after three ineffectual attempts. He, too, had been operated upon for appendicitis some time previously, and was not over strong. He sailed for Egypt in December last. In his last letter home he stated that he would shortly be leaving Egypt for an unknown destination, which we may now assume was France.

Trooper Norman Sherwin was only 20 years of age when he stepped into khaki, at the outbreak of the war. He embarked for Egypt in December, 1914, and landed at Gallipoli during the first week in May. - On June 18 he was wounded, and was in the hospital at Heliopolis for eight weeks. He afterwards sustained a sunstroke, and after a stay in the Gezirah hospital he was sent back to Gallipoli, where he remained till the evacuation. A soldier's life evidently agrees with him, for from the slightly-built boy he was when he enlisted he has grown into a giant 6ft. 3in. in height, and weighing 12st. 121bs. His last letter home stated that he, like his brother, would soon be leaving Egypt for an unknown destination.

The battle fever runs strong in the veins of these worthy Cargo patriots. They are descendants of an historical fighting family—the Townsend's, of Cork, Ireland, who have been represented in the Army and Navy since 1066; their grandfather was a Commander in the Navy.