Bernard Joseph SHAW MM

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Service Number:	1669
Enlisted:	8 January 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 14 November 1894
Home Town:	Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Letterpress Printer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 8. HE WAS A MODEL SON A DEVOTED BROTHER AND A TRUE FRIEND
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph

8 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1669, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1669, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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