Harry SHANG

SHANG, Harry

Service Number: DX636
Enlisted: 17 May 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Field Workshop
Born: Cairns, Queensland, 15 May 1917
Home Town: Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor mechanic
Died: Accidental (motorcycle crash injuries), Cairns, Queensland, 2 October 1948, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland
MWS Row 14 5581
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World War 2 Service

17 May 1941: Enlisted Private, DX636, Darwin, Northern Territory
17 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, DX636
18 May 1941: Involvement Private, DX636
13 Feb 1946: Discharged Sergeant, DX636, 2nd/2nd Field Workshop

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

(Seargeant) Harry Shang was my mother's uncle and the brother of (Corporal) Claude Shang DX813 and (Private) George Shang KIA QX25147. He was also known by my dad and he had told me Harry had always had a passion for motor cycles. Unfortunately this was to claim his life not long after returning to Australia when involved in a fatal accident with a car at a intersection in Cairns. My dad believed the car driver had gone through a stop sign. Motor Cyclist Killed Cairns Post 04 Oct 1948 (nla.gov.au)

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