Charles Ernest SHAW

SHAW, Charles Ernest

    Service Number: 1184
    Enlisted: 12 September 1914, Maryborough, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sherwood Farm, Moonlight Flat via Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1884
    Home Town: Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Locomotive Engine Driver
    Died: Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 23 August 1915, aged 31 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    After being severely wounded at Gallipoli, Charles was transfered to the hospital ship 'Guildford Castle'. He died of wounds on the ship and was buried at sea in the dardenelles., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wareek Bung Bong District Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1184, Maryborough, Victoria
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    12 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion
    23 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1184, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1184 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-23

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    Biography contributed by Steven Roberts

    Charles was engaged to be married to Emily Lillian 'Doll' Cheney of Maryborough.

    On 23rd August 2015, 100 years after Charles died, Steven Roberts who is the great grandson of Charles' sister Irene, placed a knitted Poppy beside Charles' name on the memorial at Lone Pine, and a knitted wreath, poppies, and wattle hand crafted my members of the family, in the pavillion at Lone Pine, Gallipoli Turkey... Lest we Forget.

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