Gavin SHUTTLEWORTH

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SHUTTLEWORTH, Gavin

Service Number:	1046
Enlisted:	25 June 1815, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Laura, South Australia, 18 September 1878
Home Town:	Wirrabara, Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Hod-Bada, Romani, Sinai, Egypt, 9 August 1916, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 74, Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wirrabara District WW1 Roll of Honour, Wirrabara War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Jun 1815:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
24 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1046, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1046, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1046, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1046 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-08-09

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Biography

"LATE PTE. G. SHUTTLEWORTH.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Shuttleworth, of Wirrabara, have revived information that their son, Pte. Gavin Shuttleworth, was killed in action in Egypt on August 9. He left Adelaide in June last year, and spent some months in Gallipoli. He was also several times in action against the Turks in Egypt. Pte. Shuttleworth was born in Laura, and was 37 years of age. His youngest brother, Bglr F. Shuttleworth, is now in Egypt." - from the Adelaide Observer 28 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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