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SHIRLEY, Raymond Ferras
Personal Details
Service Number: | 199 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Law Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 31 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 2, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 199, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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7 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Promoted prior to embarkation | |
24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 199, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 199, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 199, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 199 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Shirley and Emily Shirley nee Day of 'Coot-tha', Abbotsford Road, Bowen Hills, QLD. Brother of Edith Shirley
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the school cadets for about 3 years
Employed with a law firm of S. D. Flether of Brisbane