John Richard SHINTON

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Service Number:	4512
Enlisted:	14 January 1916, at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walsall, Staffordshire, England, March 1892
Home Town:	Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Steward
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

14 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4512, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4512, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4512, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide

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