SHOOTER, Harry
| Service Number: | 682 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Greta, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Elementary School, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner in England and professonal soldier. Miner in Australia. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row E, Grave 7 Chaplain W. McKenzie officiated, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 682, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 682, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 682, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 21 years
Son of John and Emma Shooter of 36 Hillmoor Street, Peasby Hill, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Sherwood Forresters, England
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1891 SHOOTER Harry Mansfield 7b 108
1891 census
John Shooter Head 24 Nottinghamshire, England
Emma Shooter Wife 21 Derbyshire, England
John Shooter Son 2 Nottinghamshire, England
Harry Shooter Son 0 Nottinghamshire, England
1901 census
John Shooter Head 34 Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Emma Shooter Wife 30 Pinxton, Nottinghamshire
John Shooter Son 11 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Harry Shooter Son 10 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Edith Shooter Daughter 8 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Pharoah Shooter Son 4 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Winnifred Shooter Daughter 2 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
In 1910 and at the time of the 1911 census, he is at Crownhill Fort, Egg Buckland, Devon, England, United Kingdom serving as a soldier.
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
Event Date: 1910
Age: 19
Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion Service number 11432.
Harry was born in 1891 the son of John, a coal miner, and Emma Shooter (née Dunn) of 36 Hillmoor Street, Pleasley Hill, Mansfield. His father was born in 1867 at Sutton in Ashfield, his mother in 1870 at Pinxton, They were married on 24th August 1889 at Mansfield Registry Office and had five children - John b.1889, Harry b.1891, Edith b.1892, Pharaoh Walter b.1896 and Winifred b.1898.
Sergeant Shooter, a Wesleyan, served first with the British Army. He enlisted at Mansfield 8/9/1910 and was posted 2/2/1911 to 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (11432). He was declared a deserter 2/4/1912. (his Army Service Record survives).
In Australia, he attested 9/9/1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides 20/10/1914 to join the Mediterranean Expedition. Landing at Gallipoli 5/4/1915, he was killed in action during heavy Turkish attacks.
Harry's brother John, also a miner, enlisted on 11th January 1916 at Mansfield aged 27 years and 255 days. He was posted to the reserves, mobilised on 3rd April 1916 and posted to the Royal Field Artillery joining at the Depot at Newcastle upon Tyne on 10th April 1916. He embarked from Southampton on 16th September 1917 and disembarked the same day at Le Havre. On the 1st January 1918 he was posted to Palestine and served with the 406 battery Royal Field Artillery. On 4th March 1919 he was posted to class ‘Z’ reserves and demobilised. [Some research by Peter Gillings]
Harry is remembered on the Mansfield District Memorial War Memorial
Great War fatalities from the Mansfield area, whose names do not appear on local memorials, are commemorated here. This section has been compiled from a Memorial Book held by Mansfield District Council in addition to scrutiny of local newspapers, the CWGC Debt of Honour Register and other military sources, census data and Birth, Marriage and Death indexes.
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