Matthew Henry (aka Henry McSHANE) SCARFF

SCARFF, Matthew Henry (aka Henry McSHANE)

    Service Number: 878
    Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Seaforth, England, 1888
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Salisbury Road Council School, Bootle
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Malta, 20 July 1915
    Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
    Grave reference: B. II. 3. INSCRIPTION GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT FROM OUR HEARTS, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 878, Randwick, New South Wales
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 878, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 878, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
    7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 878, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    The true family name was Scarff. He was Private Matthew Henry Staples  Scarff but served under the alias of Henry McShane. His Service Number was 878. He served with the 2nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

    He was 29 and the son of George and Mary Jane Scarff; husband of Edith Scarff (nee Rannard) of 28 Bagnall St., Anfield, Liverpool, England.

    The inscription chosen by his family is: GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NOT FROM OUR HEARTS

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