SHETLAND, John Lewis
| Service Number: | 3027 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Qld., 6 January 1879 |
| Home Town: | Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner Manager |
| Died: | Dalby, Qld., 18 May 1935, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dalby Cemetery, Qld Division L, Section: Church of England, Old, Plot 3034. |
| Memorials: | Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour, Herberton War Memorial, Padre White Memorial Chapel |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3027, 47th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland. | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3027, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3027, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 28 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3027, Shot in the arm | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3027 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
OBITUARY.
JOHN LEWIS SHETLAND.
HERBERTON. May 19.
It is with very great regret that we record the death of Mr. John Lewis Shetland, part owner and for many years the manager of the Cornishman tin mine, Herberton. The health of Mr. Shetland has not been good for some months and rather more than a fortnight ago he went South and entered the Dalby Sanatorium and it came as a great shock to hear of his sudden death in that institution on Saturday morning.
The deceased was a returned soldier having served first with the 9th Battalion and later with the 15th. The Herberton sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. on hearing of the death immediately made arrangements that he should be accorded a military, funeral at Dalby, and during yesterday the Union Jack was flown at half-mast at the monument, Herbertton, and at 6 p-m. the last evening 'The last Post' was sounded from the same place.
The late Mr. Shetland, who was aged 56 years at the time of his death, was born in Gympie, but had been in the north nearly all his life. His father was one of the original shift bosses of the Great Northern tin mine, Herberton, and the deceased has been generally identified with mining during his working life. He was a man of upright and honorable character, who gained the esteem and respect of those with whom he was in contact.
He is survived by a wife and two children — a boy of 14 years and a daughter of 11 — to whom the sympathy of the whole community is extended.
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