Frank Albert Percy SHAW

SHAW, Frank Albert Percy

Service Number: 4907
Enlisted: 28 September 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Dalby, Queensland, 21 October 1895
Home Town: Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Bell State School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Hebuterne, France, 5 April 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4907, 15th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Queensland
28 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4907, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4907, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
5 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4907, 15th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4907 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-05

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Biography

L/Cpl. Frank Albert Percy Shaw 4907, and his two brothers 2867A Pvt. George Ronald Shaw and 4905 Pvt. Darcy Richard Nottingham Shaw, enlisted for active service. Each were killed in action in either France or Belgium. They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Shaw of Jondowae, Qld.