SHAW, Archibald Samuel
| Service Numbers: | 163, 1015 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1914, An original member of A Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 7 January 1881 |
| Home Town: | Terang, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | The Sisters State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Egypt, 9 August 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 90. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown War Memorial, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 163, 8th Light Horse Regiment, An original member of A Squadron | |
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| 21 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1015, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1015, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Melbourne | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 1015, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1015 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Archibald Samuel Shaw was one of two sons of Frederick and Elizabeth Shaw of Terang, Victoria, who lost their lives during the First World War. Their father, Frederick, has passed away in 1912. The two brothers were farming at Terang.
Archie had served in the Boer War with the 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse and was awarded the Queens South Medal with clasps Transvaal, South Africa 1902. This was as a 21-year-old.
He enlisted with his younger brother John. They were both original members of A Squadron of the 8th Light Horse Regiment, enlisting in 1914 and made up predominantly of country Victorian farmers. The brothers left Melbourne on 25 February 1915 but along the way, Archibald fell sick and had to be taken from the ship and put into hospital at Albany, Western Australia.
His brother, 182 Corporal John Alexander Shaw 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, continued on and landed on Gallipoli during May 1915 with the rest of the Light Horse. He was mortally wounded during the disastrous charge at the Nek on 7 August 1915 and died of his wounds eleven days later in a Maltese hospital, aged 27.
Archibald was sent back to Victoria on another ship and left Melbourne again during June 1915, with a new regimental number. He landed on Gallipoli on 17 September 1915 and stayed almost until the evacuation. He was killed in action during the Battale of Romani on the Sinai Peninsular on 9 August 1916.
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