William Alexander SHAW

SHAW, William Alexander

Service Number: 4773
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion
Home Town: Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll

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World War 1 Service

4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4773, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 4773, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
9 Oct 1917: Involvement Corporal, 4773, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4773 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-09

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