David SHIELLS

SHIELLS, David

Service Number: 1146
Enlisted: 5 October 1914, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Lidcombe, NSW, 4 January 1897
Home Town: Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling: Burwood Superior Public School, Lidcombe RC Convent School
Occupation: Engineer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 18 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1146, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1146, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1146, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Aug 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 1146, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1146 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-22

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Bridget SHIELLS, Martin Street, Lidcombe, Sydney

LANCE-CPL. DAVID SHIELLS.
Ex-Alderman J. Shiells, of Martin-st., Lidcombe, received word through the usual official channel, on Monday, that his younger son, Lance-Corporal David Shiells, was killed in action, at Gallipoli, between 16th and 23rd August. He left for the front in December last with the 13th Battalion and took part in the famous fight at the landing on 25th April, and ever since then had been in the trenches.
In all his letters he said he was in the best of health, the last one being dated 23th July. He celebrated his 21st birthday (4th January) on his way to Egypt. He was of modest disposition, and in his letters home he never once made reference to the fights in which he had been engaged. The family is highly respected and there is widespread sympathy with the members thereof.

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