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George Albert Shaw was born at West Ham, England on the 24th April, 1896. He emigrated with his family in 1911 aboard the “Omrah’. Prior to enlistment in the 5LH, he was employed as a boundary rider at “Lou Lou” Park sheep and cattle station, 100 miles north of Jericho, Qld. He enlisted with his friend, Hughie Anderson, from “Eastmere Downs” on the 27th June, 1915 and arrived in Egypt aboard the “Orsova’ in December, 1915.
He served in A Squadron under Major A. G. Bolingbroke DSO and was in the ambush at the end of the Dead Sea when Major Bolingbroke lost an eye.
Mr Shaw also saw the lining up of the 4th and 12th Light Horse Regiments when they charged Beersheeba and joined in with them. He, along with other Light Horse members, served in the brief but violent Arab Revolt, finally being discharged on the 27th September, 1919.
On return to Australia, he attended QIT Brisbane, gaining his engine drivers certificate and worked at “Mitchell Downs” in that capacity until returning to Brisbane, working at Perkins Brewery for seven years.


George in 1995
He married Miss Adelaide Clark in Brisbane in 1921 and had three daughters and spent the last 23 years of employment working as a P.M.G. Linesman, retiring in 1961.
During the second World War, he joined the army as a L.O.C. (Lines of Communications) while still attached to the P.M.G.
George Albert Shaw passed away on the 29th February 1996 aged 99.