Roy Stanley SHURMER

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SHURMER, Roy Stanley

Service Number:	3885
Enlisted:	28 October 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1897
Home Town:	Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cootamundra Public High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Telegraph Operator
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3885
20 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3885, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3885, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3885, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3885 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Pte. Roy Stanley Shurmer Was Killed.

On Monday night, the sad news was conveyed to Mr. John Shurmer that his second son, Pte. Roy Stanley Shurmer, who had been reported as missing on 19th July of last year, was killed. That such was his fate had been accepted by the family all along, but this is the first official intimation.

The last letter to hand from the late soldier was written on the 18th July 1916, from France. He had then been carrying ammunition into the trenches, and expected to be fighting there the next day. It was to be his first action. The first and last! He enlisted from here at about the time that the Cootamundra camp broke up, and was only 18 when he made the supreme sacrifice.

An elder brother, Lance-Corp. Jack Shurmer, is 'doing his bit' at the front. The Shurmer family are esteemed for their patriotism and the sympathy of the community is with them in the sad fact that one of the sons at least will not return to them.

Cootamundra Herald (NSW : 1877 - 1954) Wednesday 29 August 1917 p 2 Article

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