Raymond Ferras SHIRLEY

SHIRLEY, Raymond Ferras

    Service Number: 199
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 199, Enlisted at Brisbane
    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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    Biography 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

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